Occupation: Mathematician Birth: April 1, 1776 Death: June 27, 1831
In describing the honourable mission I charged him with, M. Pernety informed me that he made my name known to you. This leads me to confess that I am….
Algebra is nothing more than geometry, in words; geometry is nothing more than algebra, in pictures..
Algebra is but written geometry and geometry is but figured algebra..
It matters little who first arrives at an idea, rather what is significant is how far that idea can go.