Mathematician:John Farey

Mathematician

English geologist, known for defining the Farey Sequence.

Nationality

English

History

• Born: 24 September 1766, Woburn
• Died: 6 Jan 1826, London

Theorems and Definitions

• Farey Sequence

Definitions of concepts named for John Farey can be found here.

Publications

• 1816: On a Curious Property of Vulgar Fractions (Phil. Mag. Vol. 47, no. 3: pp. 385 – 386)

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "John Farey": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Farey sequence