Mathematician:Johann Faulhaber

Mathematician

German surveyor and engineer who was also a mathematician of the cossist tradition.

A significant influence on several mathematicians, including René Descartes, Jacob Bernoulli and Carl Jacobi.

Best known for his work on series of powers.

Nationality

German

History

• Born: 5 May 1580, Ulm, Germany
• Died: 10 September 1635, Ulm, Germany

Theorems

• Faulhaber's Formula
• Faulhaber Polynomials

Results named for Johann Faulhaber can be found here.

Publications

• 1631: Academia Algebra

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Johann Faulhaber": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive