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Home › Science › Mathematics › Mathematicians › F

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Ferrari (Ludovico Ferraro) (1522-1565)

  • Born in Italy.
  • He created the solution of a biquadratic equation.
Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665)

  • Born in France.
  • He created his analytic geometry independent of RenĂ© Descartes, but Descartes was first to publish his discovery.
  • He laid the foundation for Pascal’s work on the theory of probability.
  • He performed much work on the development of differential calculus.
  • He put forth a theorem that expressed a perfect square as the sum of two other perfect squares; but it is impossible to divide a cube into two cubes, or any power beyond a square into two like powers.
Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci (ca. 1170 – ca. 1250)

  • Born in Italy.
  • He is credited with introducing the Hindu-Arabic numbering system into western Europe.
  • His writings laid the foundation for the development of number theory.
  • He developed his sequence, a series of numbers used to solve a riddle about the reproduction of rabbits.





Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830)

  • Born in France.
  • He laid the groundwork for the development of dimensional analysis and linear programming.
  • He investigated probability theory and the theory of errors.
Eric Ivan Fredholm (1866-1927)

  • Born in Sweden.
  • He founded the modern theory of integral equations.
  • He later discovered the algebraic analogue to his theory.
Friedrich Ludwig Gottlieb Frege (1848-1925)

  • Born in Germany.
  • He was the founder of modern mathematical logic.
  • He He created the current standard symbols for or and if … then.




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