Mathematician:Frans van Schooten

Mathematician
Dutch mathematician who is most known for popularizing the analytic geometry of.

His 1659 and 1661 edition of his commentary on by  was highly influential, and used by  and.

Nationality
Dutch

History

 * Born: 15 May 1615 in Leiden, South Holland, Dutch Republic (now Netherlands)
 * Died: 29 May 1660 in Leiden, South Holland, Dutch Republic (now Netherlands)

Theorems and Definitions

 * Van Schooten's Theorem

Publications

 * 1649: Latin translation of and commentary on by
 * 1659: Further expansion of the commentaries on by  (with  and ): Volume 1
 * 1661: Further expansion of the commentaries on by  (with,  and ): Volume 2

Also known as
His full Latinized name was Franciscus van Schooten.

His name can also be written Frans van Schoten or Frans Verschooten.

Some sources refer to him as the Younger, or Junior, acknowledging the existence of his father (a professor of mathematics) with the same name.