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.
关键事实
- Born: December 3, 1616 in Ashford, Kent, England
- 逝世: 1703
- 领域: Mathematics
遗产与影响
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.
虽然他/她于1703年逝世,但其思想至今仍被全球学者与从业者研究、辩论与发展。
John Wallis至今仍是England诞生的最受赞誉的头脑之一,是该地区丰厚思想遗产的明证。
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