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François Viète was a French mathematician from the 16th century who made important contributions to algebra and trigonometry. His work helped develop modern mathematical notation and methods, making mathematics more systematic and easier to use for later generations of mathematicians and scientists.
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- 1540-00-00
- Died
- 1603-02-23
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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. Because of this, Viète is sometimes called "the father of modern algebraic notation". He was a lawyer by trade, and served as a privy councillor to both Henry III and Henry IV of France.
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