Person: Widman, Johannes

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Johannes Widman was a German mathematician who is best remembered for an early arithmetic book which contains the first appearance of + and – signs.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 1462, Eger, Bohemia (now Cheb, Czech Republic). Died 1498, Leipzig, Germany.

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Origin Czech Republic


Thank you to the contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0!

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