Mathematician:Gabriel Cramer
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Mathematician
Swiss mathematician best known for Cramer's Rule.
Nationality
Swiss
History
- Born: 31 July 1704 in Geneva, Switzerland
- Died: 4 January 1752 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
Theorems and Definitions
- Cramer's Rule
- Cramer's Paradox
- Castillon-Cramer problem (with Johann Francesco Melchiore Salvemini Castillon)
Results named for Gabriel Cramer can be found here.
Publications
- 1730: Quelle est la cause de la figure elliptique des planètes et de la mobilité de leur aphélies?
- 1750: Introduction à l'analyse des lignes courbes algébriques
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Cramer, Gabriel (1704-52)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Cramer, Gabriel (1704-52)
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Cramer, Gabriel (1704-52)