Mathematician:Michel Rolle

Mathematician
French mathematician best known for Rolle's Theorem.

Also noted for popularising the $n$th root sign. The usage of $\sqrt [n] x$ had earlier been suggested by.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: 21 April 1652 in Ambert, Basse-Auvergne, France
 * 1675: Moved to Paris
 * 1685: Elected to Académie Royale des Sciences
 * 1699: Became Pensionnaire Géometre of the Académie
 * Died: 8 November 1719 in Paris, France

Theorems

 * Rolle's Theorem

Publications

 * 1690: Traité d'Algèbre
 * 1691: Démonstration d'une Méthode pour resoudre les Egalitez de tous les degrez