Mathematician:Luigi Guido Grandi

Mathematician
Guido Grandi was an Italian mathematician, engineer, priest and philosopher, best known for his study of the rose curve.

Contributed to Note on the Treatise of Galileo Concerning Natural Motion in the first Florentine edition of 's works.

Helped introduce 's ideas on calculus to Italy.

Also known for Grandi's Series.

Nationality
Italian

History

 * Born: 1 Oct 1671, Cremona, Italy
 * Died: 4 July 1742, Pisa, Italy

Theorems and Definitions

 * Grandi's Series

Books and Papers

 * 1710: De Infinitis infinitorum et Infinite Parvorum Ordinibus
 * 1728: Flores Geometrici ex Rhodonearum, et Cloeliarum Curvarum Descriptione Resultantes
 * 1740: Elementi Geometrici Piani e Solidi di Euclide (Euclid's Elements of Plane and Solid Geometry)