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Jean-Robert Argand

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Swiss mathematician (1768-1822)

SwitzerlandAcademicsLived 1768 to 1822 · aged 54
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Jean-Robert Argand was a Genevan amateur mathematician. In 1806, while managing a bookstore in Paris, he published the idea of the geometrical interpretation of complex numbers known as the Argand diagram and is known for the first rigorous proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra.

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Switzerland
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Academics
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Academic
Status
deceased
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Lived 1768 to 1822 · aged 54
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