Mathematician:Maria Gaëtana Agnesi

Mathematician
Italian mathematician, linguist and philosopher famed for writing the first book discussing both integral and differential calculus.

The curve in analytic geometry called the Witch of Agnesi is named for her.

Nationality
Italian

History

 * Born: 16 May 1718: Milan, Habsburg Empire (now Italy)
 * Died: 9 Jan 1799: Milan, Habsburg Empire (now Italy)

Theorems and Definitions

 * Witch of Agnesi

Books and Papers

 * 1738: Propositiones Philosophicae
 * 1748: Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana


 * Commentary on 's Traité analytique des section coniques (never published)