Mathematician:François Joseph Servois

1768 - 1847

French mathematician and military officer.

Worked in the fields of projective geometry, functional analysis and complex analysis.

First introduced (in 1814) the concept of commutativity which till then had generally been taken for granted in all fields of mathematics.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: 19 July 1768, Mont-de-Laval, Doubs France
 * Died: 17 April 1847, Mont-de-Laval, Doubs, France

Theorems and Definitions

 * Commutativity

Books and Papers

 * "Traité des propriétés projective." (Treatise on projective properties)