François Viète
1540-1603
French Mathematician
In his In artem analyticum isagoge (Introduction to the Analytical Arts," 1591), François Viète established the letter notation...
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Many scholars consider François Viète the seminal algebraist of the 16th century. Although he worked in mathematics in his spare time and was regarded as an amateur mathematician, he has...
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Although a lawyer by profession, Viète was the foremost mathematician of the sixteenth century. Born in the Poitou region of France, Viète followed in his father's footsteps, receiving h...
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François Viète
François Viète (also known as Franciscus Vieta)
François Viète