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Abraham de Moivre Born: 26 May 1667 in Vitry (near Paris), France Died: 27 Nov 1754 in London, England Click the picture above to see two larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index After spending five years at a Protestant academy at Sedan, Abraham de Moivre Ozanam A French Protestant, de Moivre emigrated to England in 1685 following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the expulsion of the Huguenots. He became a private tutor of mathematics and hoped for a chair of mathematics, but this was not to be since foreigners were at a disadvantage. In 1697 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society In 1710 de Moivre was appointed to the Commission set up by the Royal Society to review the rival claims of Newton and Leibniz to be the discovers of the calculus. His appointment to this Commission was due to his friendship with Newton. The Royal Society knew the answer it wanted! De Moivre pioneered the development of analytic geometry and the theory of probability . He published The Doctrine of Chance in 1718. The definition of statistical independence appears in this book together with many problems with dice and other games. He also investigated mortality statistics and the foundation of the theory of annuities.

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Abraham de Moivre From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Abraham de Moivre May 26 November 27 ), 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 and Edmund Halley De Moivre was born in Vitry-le-François, Champagne . The social status of his family is unclear, but De Moivre's father, a surgeon, was able to send him to the Protestant academy at Sedan (1678-82). De Moivre studied logic at Saumur (1682-84), attended the Collège de Harcourt in Paris (1684), and studied privately with Ozanam (1684-85). It does not appear that De Moivre received a college degree. De Moivre was a Calvinist , and he left France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685), and spent the remainder of his life in England. Throughout his life he remained poor. It is reported that he was a regular customer of Slaughter's Coffee House, St. Martin's Lane at Cranbourn Street, where he earned a little money from playing chess . He died in London and was buried at St Martin's-in-the-Fields , although his body was later moved.

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Main Page See live article Alphabetical index Abraham de Moivre Abraham de Moivre May 26 November 27 ), 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 a good friend of Isaac Newton . He fled France and went to England to escape the persecution of Protestants. In England he wrote a book on probability theory , titled The Doctrine of Chances External links http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/De_Moivre.html http://euler.ciens.ucv.ve/English/mathematics/demoivre.html http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Catalog/Files/moivre.html This article is from Wikipedia . All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

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Startseite Mathe Board Lexikon Mathe Tools ... Partner Das Mathe Board: Kostenlose Nachhilfe in Mathematik von der Grundschule bis zur Hochschule. A B C D ... Z Abraham de Moivre Definition, Erklärung, Bedeutung Verbessern Mitmachen Abraham de Moivre Abraham de Moivre 26. Mai 27. November in London ) war ein französischer Mathematiker . Moivre besuchte von 1678 bis 1681 die protestantische Schule in Sedan , studierte 1682-1684 in Saumur Logik und Mathematik und nahm 1684 in Paris Privatunterricht bei Jaques Ozanam . Nach dem Revokationsedikt von hielt man ihn in Paris fest, um ihn zur Konversion zu bewegen. Am 27. April 1688 wurde er freigelassen und floh nach England. Er schlug sich als Privatlehrer durch und veröffentlichte von 1695 an Arbeiten vor allem im Zusammenhang mit den neuen Methoden der Infinitesimalrechnung . 1967 wurde er zum Mitglied der Royal Society ernannt. Seine Versuche, eine Professur auf dem Festland zu erhalten, scheiterten. Von 1708 an beschäftigte er sich im Anschluss an Pierre Rémond de Montmort vorwiegend mit Untersuchungen zur Glücksspiel rechnung, aus denen die 1718 erschienen

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Abraham de Moivre Born: 26 May 1667 in Vitry (near Paris), France Died: 27 Nov 1754 in London, England After spending five years at a Protestant academy at Sedan, De Moivre A French Protestant, de Moivre emigrated to England in 1685 following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the expulsion of the Huguenots. He became a private tutor of mathematics and hoped for a chair of mathematics, but this was not to be since foreigners were at a disadvantage. In 1697 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1710 de Moivre was appointed to the Commission set up by the Royal Society to review the rival claims of Newton and Leibniz to be the discovers of the calculus. His appointment to this Commission was due to his friendship with Newton. The Royal Society knew the answer it wanted! De Moivre pioneered the development of analytic geometry and the theory of probability. He published The Doctrine of Chance in 1718. The definition of statistical independence appears in this book together with many problems with dice and other games. He also investigated mortality statistics and the foundation of the theory of annuities. In Miscellanea Analytica (1730) appears Stirling's formula (wrongly attributed to Stirling) which de Moivre used in 1733 to derive the normal curve as an approximation to the binomial. In the second edition of the book in 1738 de Moivre gives credit to Stirling for an improvement to the formula.

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Abraham de Moivre Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. Abraham de Moivre , nato il 26 maggio a Vitry (presso Parigi) e morto il 27 Novembre a Londra, matematico francese, amico di Isaac Newton ˆ noto per la formula di de Moivre (che collega i numeri complessi con la trigonometria ), i suoi lavori sulla distribuzione Normale e la teoria della probabilit  , nonch© scopr¬ (anche se in forma incompleta) l' approssimazione di Stirling Quest'ultima venne usata nel da de Moivre per derivare la variabile casuale Normale come una approssimazione della variabile casuale binomiale . Nella seconda edizione, pubblicata nel de Moivre accredit² a James Stirling i miglioramenti apportati alla formula. modifica Pubblicazioni Doctrine des chances ), dove introduce la variabile casuale Poissoniana antelitteram Miscellanea Analytica ), dove appare l' approssimazione di Stirling antelitteram Vedi anche: statistica formula di de Moivre variabile casuale Normale variabile casuale Poissoniana ... approssimazione di Stirling Views Article Discussione Modifica Cronologia Personal tools Log in Navigazione Pagina principale Attualit  Ultime modifiche Una pagina a caso ... Donazioni Cerca casella degli strumenti Pagine che linkano questa Modifiche correlate Pagine speciali Ultima modifica il 09:18, Gen 28, 2004.

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Catalog of the Scientific Community Moivre [De Moivre, Demoivre], Abraham De Note: the creators of the Galileo Project and this catalogue cannot answer email on genealogical questions. 1. Dates Born: Vitry-le-François, Champagne, 26 May 1667 Died: London, 27 Nov. 1754 Dateinfo: Dates Certain Lifespan: 2. Father Occupation: Physician A provincial surgeon of modest means. With that description, I have to list his financial status as unknown. On the one hand, the father was able to have his son educated initially by a tutor and later to send him, at age eleven, to the Protestant academy at Sedan. On the other hand, Walker calls the father a poor surgeon. 3. Nationality Birth: French Career: English Death: English 4. Education Schooling: Saumur; Paris Catholic Village School. Protestant Academy at Sedan, 1678-82. Studied logic at Saumur, 1682-4. Collège de Harcourt, Paris, 1684. Studied mathematics privately in Paris with Ozanam, 1684-5. There is no mention of a B.A., and I concluded that De Moivre never earned one. 5. Religion

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