François-Joseph Servois
François-Joseph Servois | |
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| Born | July 18, 1767 |
| Died | April 17, 1847 (aged 79) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Region | Mathematics |
| Main interests | Projective Geometry Mechanics Complex Numbers Functional Equations Calculus |
| Notable ideas | Introduced the terms: Commutative Distributive |
François-Joseph Servois (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa ʒozɛf sɛʁvwa]; born 19 July 1767 in Mont-de-Laval, Doubs, France; died 17 April 1847 in Mont-de-Laval, Doubs, France) was a French priest, military officer and mathematician. His most notable contribution came in his publication of Essai sur un nouveau mode d’exposition des principes du calcul différentiel (Essay on a system of exposition of the principles of differential calculus) in 1814, where he first introduced the mathematical terms for commutative and distributive.