ProofWiki:Mathematicians/François Joseph Servois

French mathematician and military officer.

Worked in the fields of projective geometry, functional analysis and complex analysis.

First introduced (in 1814) the concept of commutativity which till then had generally been taken for granted in all fields of mathematics.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: 19 July 1768, Mont-de-Laval, Doubs, France
• Died: 17 April 1847, Mont-de-Laval, Doubs, France

Theorems and Definitions

• Commutativity

Also see

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "François Joseph Servois": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive