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Also Known As Franciscus Vieta
Born 1540 • France
Died December 13, 1603 (aged 63) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study algebra • equation • root • notation
Thomas Harriot
English mathematician and astronomer
Zhu Shijie
Chinese mathematician
Charles-François Sturm, pencil sketch by Daniel Colladon, 1822; in the Academy of Sciences, Paris.
Charles-François Sturm
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Hermite
Charles Hermite
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Henri Cartan
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John von Neumann
John von Neumann
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Sir William Rowan Hamilton
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Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
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Omar Khayyam
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Regiomontanus
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Emmy Noether
Emmy Noether
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Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel
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James Gregory.
James Gregory
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Aryabhata I
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