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François Viète

1540 - 1603

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François Viète, Seigneur de la Bigotière (Latin: Franciscus Vieta; 1540 – 23 February 1603), commonly known by his mononym, Vieta, was a French mathematician whose work on new algebra was an important step towards modern algebra, due to his innovative use of letters as parameters in equations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Viète has received more than 361,816 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). François Viète is the 29th most popular mathematician (down from 24th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from France (down from 141st in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Mathematician.

François Viète is most famous for inventing a system of algebraic notation.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, François Viète ranks 29 out of 823. Before him are Hero of Alexandria, Luca Pacioli, David Hilbert, Évariste Galois, Pope Sylvester II, and Srinivasa Ramanujan. After him are John Napier, Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Georg Cantor, Gerolamo Cardano, George Boole, and Kurt Gödel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, François Viète ranks 2. Before him is Francis Drake. After him are Charles II, Archduke of Austria, Ludolph van Ceulen, John Sigismund Zápolya, Hümaşah Sultan, Maharana Pratap, Joseph Justus Scaliger, Magnus, Duke of Holstein, Gasparo da Salò, Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, and Won Gyun. Among people deceased in 1603, François Viète ranks 3. Before him are Elizabeth I of England and Mehmed III. After him are William Gilbert, Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, Ahmad al-Mansur, Şehzade Mahmud, Andrea Cesalpino, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Maerten de Vos, Irina Godunova, and Pierre Charron.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Viète ranks 179 out of 6,011. Before him are Henry Cavendish (1731), Louis Bonaparte (1778), Joseph Bonaparte (1768), Louis VIII of France (1187), Pope John XXII (1244), and Pope Urban V (1310). After him are Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663), Louis de Broglie (1892), Gérard Depardieu (1948), Jean-Luc Godard (1930), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809), and Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, François Viète ranks 9. Before him are Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749), Henri Poincaré (1854), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Joseph Fourier (1768), Évariste Galois (1811), and Pope Sylvester II (938). After him are Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789), Sophie Germain (1776), Gaspard Monge (1746), Abraham de Moivre (1667), Marin Mersenne (1588), and Urbain Le Verrier (1811).

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