Between 1643 and 1689 Wallis served as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court. He extended Cavalieri's method of indivisibles through the use of interpolation. Applying Kepler's principle of continuity, he developed techniques for the evaluation of integrals. He is credited with introducing the symbol ∞ to represent the concept of infinity. He similarly used 1/∞ for an infinitesimal. He was a contemporary of Isaac Newton and one of the greatest intellectuals of the early modern mathematics.
主な事実
- Born: December 3, 1616 in Ashford, Kent, England
- 没年: 1703
- 分野: Mathematics
遺産と影響
The influence of John Wallis extends far beyond their own lifetime. They fundamentally shaped the foundations of modern mathematics, and their theorems and mathematical frameworks remain foundational to this day.
1703年に他界したが、その思想は今日も世界中の研究者や実務家によって研究、議論、発展され続けている。
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