Search results
Scientific career. Fields. Mathematics. Frans van Schooten Jr. also rendered as Franciscus van Schooten (15 May 1615, Leiden – 29 May 1660, Leiden) was a Dutch mathematician who is most known for popularizing the analytic geometry of René Descartes .
Frans van Schooten ([sko:t'n]), latinisé en Franciscus a Schooten (né en 1615 à Leyde – mort le 29 mai 1660 à Leyde), mathématicien néerlandais, fut l'éditeur des œuvres de François Viète et le premier promoteur de la géométrie algébrique de René Descartes.
People also ask
Who is Frans van Schooten?
Who was van Schooten's father?
Why is van Schooten important?
Who was Pieter van Schooten?
May 29, 2013 · 29 May 1660. Leiden, Netherlands. Summary. Frans van Schooten was a Dutch mathematician who was one of the main people to promote the spread of Cartesian geometry. View three larger pictures. Biography. Frans van Schooten's name can also be written as Frans van Schoten or Frans Verschooten.
Dutch mathematician. Learn about this topic in these articles: history of mathematics. In mathematics: Analytic geometry. …became established in Leiden around Frans van Schooten, a Dutch mathematician who edited and published in 1649 a Latin translation of La Géométrie.
Schooten maintained a wide correspondence, especially with Descartes. First in Paris and then in London (1641-3) he made the acquaintance of mathematical circles, with which he maintained a correspondence that is now lost. Sources. J.E. Hofmann, "Frans van Schooten der Jüngere," Boethius, 2 (1962). Nieuw Nederlandsch Biographisch Woordenboek.
Frans van Schooten Jr. also rendered as Franciscus van Schooten (15 May 1615, Leiden – 29 May 1660, Leiden) was a Dutch mathematician who is most known for popularizing the analytic geometry of René Descartes.
Frans van Schooten Jr. also rendered as Franciscus van Schooten (15 May 1615, Leiden – 29 May 1660, Leiden) was a Dutch mathematician who is most known for popularizing the analytic geometry of René Descartes.
