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François Viète

1540 - 1603

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François Viète (French: [fʁɑ̃swa vjɛt]; 1540 – 23 February 1603), 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. He was a lawyer by trade, and served as a privy councillor to both Henry III and Henry IV of France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Viète is the 31st most popular mathematician (down from 30th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from France (down from 160th in 2019) and the 8th 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 31 out of 1,004. Before him are Évariste Galois, Hero of Alexandria, John von Neumann, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Diophantus, and Gerolamo Cardano. After him are Kurt Gödel, Luca Pacioli, Niels Henrik Abel, Brahmagupta, Pope Sylvester II, and Georg Cantor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, François Viète ranks 2. Before him is Francis Drake. After him are Ludolph van Ceulen, Charles II, Archduke of Austria, John Sigismund Zápolya, Joseph Justus Scaliger, Lady Katherine Grey, Maharana Pratap, Hümaşah Sultan, José de Acosta, Magnus, Duke of Holstein, and Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme. Among people deceased in 1603, François Viète ranks 4. Before him are Elizabeth I of England, Mehmed III, and William Gilbert. After him are Grace O'Malley, Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, Ahmad al-Mansur, Andrea Cesalpino, Maerten de Vos, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Şehzade Mahmud, and Pierre Charron.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Viète ranks 168 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges Pompidou (1911), Roman Polanski (1933), Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684), and Pope Martin IV (1220). After him are Margaret of Valois (1553), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Nicolas Sarkozy (1955), Henrietta Maria of France (1609), Bernadette Soubirous (1844), and Louis Daguerre (1787).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, François Viète ranks 8. Before him are Pierre de Fermat (1601), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Henri Poincaré (1854), Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749), Joseph Fourier (1768), and Évariste Galois (1811). After him are Pope Sylvester II (938), Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789), Urbain Le Verrier (1811), Abraham de Moivre (1667), Sophie Germain (1776), and Marin Mersenne (1588).

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