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Nicolas Chuquet
Mathematician · Academics · Died 1488
Nicolas Chuquet was a French mathematician. He invented his own notation for algebraic concepts and exponentiation. He may have been the first mathematician to recognize zero and negative numbers as exponents.
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Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Died 1488
