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François Nicole

French mathematician (1683-1758) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 74

François Nicole was a French mathematician, born in Paris and died there, who published his Traité du calcul des différences finies in 1717; it contains rules both for forming differences and for effecting the summation of series. In 1706, he wrote a work on roulettes, particularly spherical epicycloids.

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In 1729 and 1731, he published memoirs on Newton's essay on curves of the third degree.

Country
France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1683 to 1758 · aged 74