François Viète

François Viète, known in Latin as Franciscus 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. Because of this, Viète is sometimes called "the father of modern algebraic notation".

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Who was born first?

• François Viète and Ludolph van Ceulen were born the same year
• François Viète was born 2 years after Christopher Clavius
• François Viète was born 5 years before Guidobaldo del Monte
• François Viète was born 6 years before Tycho Brahe
• François Viète was born 6 years before Thomas Digges

Timeline

1. Christopher ClaviusMarch 25, 1538 – February 6, 1612
2. François Viète (this page)1540 – February 23, 1603
3. Ludolph van CeulenJanuary 28, 1540 – December 31, 1610
4. Guidobaldo del MonteJanuary 11, 1545 – January 6, 1607
5. Thomas Digges1546 – August 24, 1595
6. Tycho BraheDecember 14, 1546 – October 24, 1601

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