Mathematician:Johann Faulhaber

German surveyor and engineer who was also a mathematician of the cossist tradition.

A significant influence on several mathematicians, including René Descartes, Jacob Bernoulli and Carl Jacobi.

Best known for his work on series of powers.

Nationality
German

History

 * Born: 5 May 1580, Ulm, Germany
 * Died: 10 September 1635, Ulm, Germany

Theorems

 * Faulhaber's Formula
 * Faulhaber Polynomials

Books and Papers

 * 1631: Academia Algebra