Abraham de Moivre (May 26, 1667 in Vitry-le-François, Champagne, France - November 27, 1754 in London, England; pronounced as) was a French mathematician famous for de Moivre's formula, which links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1697, and was a friend of Isaac Newton, Edmund Halley, and James Stirling. Wikipedia
ABRAHAM DEMOIVRE (1667-1754) Online Encyclopedia Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 5 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. encyclopedia.jrank.org/DEM_DIO/DEMOIVRE_ABRAHAM_1667_1754...
The French-born mathematician Abraham de Moivre, b. May 26, 1667, d. Nov. 27, 1754, was a pioneer in PROBABILITY theory and TRIGONOMETRY. euler.ciens.ucv.ve/English/mathematics/demoivre.html
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