Person: Ries, Adam

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Adam Ries was a German mathematician who published one of the first widely available arithmetic texts.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 23 December 1492, Staffelstein (near Bamberg), Upper Franconia (now Germany). Died 30 March 1559, Annaberg, Saxony (now Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany).

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Origin Germany

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Github:
bookofproofs
non-Github:
@J-J-O'Connor
@E-F-Robertson


References

Adapted from other CC BY-SA 4.0 Sources:

  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive