Mathematician:Michel Rolle
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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 Albert Girard.[1]
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
Results named for Michel Rolle can be found here.
Publications
- 1690: Traité d'Algèbre
- 1691: Démonstration d'une Méthode pour resoudre les Egalitez de tous les degrez
Sources
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Rolle, Michel (1652-1719)
References
- ↑ See Earliest Uses of Symbols of Operation in Jeff Miller's website Earliest Uses of Various Mathematical Symbols.