Person: Hudde, Johann van Waveren

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Johann Hudde was a Dutch mathematician who worked on maxima and minima and the theory of equations. He gave an ingenious method to find multiple roots of an equation.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 23 April 1628, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Died 15 April 1704, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Analysis, Origin Netherlands


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References

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