Johan Jacob Ferguson
Dutch mathematician
Johan Jacob Ferguson was a 17th-century Dutch mathematician who corresponded with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.[1]
Life
He was born around 1630, probably in The Hague, and died before 24 November 1706, probably on 6 October 1691 in Amsterdam.[1]
In his 1667 book Labyrinthus algebrae, written in low Dutch,[2] he shows the solutions of cubic and biquadratic equations using new methods.[3] The book had a partial translation in Latin (lost) and was sent to Isaac Newton.[4][5]
Works
- Labyrinthus algebrae (in Nederlands). 's-Gravenhage: Johannes Rammazeyn. 1667.
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Jan A. van Maanen (1990). "Korrespondenten von G. W. Leibniz: 11. Johan Ferguson geb. um 1630 in Haag(?), gest. vor dem 24. November 1706, vermutlich am 6. Oktober 1691 in Amsterdem". Studia Leibnitiana (in Deutsch). 22 (2): 203–216. JSTOR 40694153.
- ^ Abraham Rees (1819). "Algebra". The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature. Vol. 1. London: Longman, Hurst. p. 674.
- ^ Stephen Jordan Rigaud, ed. (1841). Correspondence of Scientific Men of the Seventeenth Century. Vol. 2. Oxford: The University Press. pp. 515–. ISBN 9780598562197.
- ^ Giornale di fisica (in italiano). Vol. 31. Bologna: Società italiana di fisica. 1990. p. 115.
- ^ G. Tarozzi; Monique van Vloten (1989). Radici, significato, retaggio dell'opera newtoniana (in italiano). Bologna: Società italiana di fisica. p. 371.