ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Abraham de Moivre

French mathematician best known for De Moivre's Formula.

Also noted for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: 26 May 1667 in Vitry-le-François, Champagne, France.
• Died: 27 November 1754 in London, England.

Theorems

• De Moivre's Formula

Books and Papers

• 1730: Miscellanea Analytica

Also See

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Abraham de Moivre": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive