Definition:Principle of Mathematical Induction/Historical Note

Historical Note on Principle of Mathematical Induction
The first European to use the Principle of Mathematical Induction rigorously in a proof appears to have been, in Arithmeticorum Libri Duo ($1575$).

Further improvements were made by, from which be derived his Method of Infinite Descent.

The Principle of Mathematical Induction appeared again in an adequately rigorous manner by in his  ($1655$).

The phrase mathematical induction appears to have been coined by.

Further discussion of the process can also be found in by  ($1954$).