• Albert Girard (French pronunciation: [alˈbɛʁ ʒiˈʁaʁ]) (11 October 1595 in Saint-Mihiel, France − 8 December 1632 in Leiden, The Netherlands) was a French-born...
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  • Newton around 1666, apparently in ignorance of earlier work (1629) by Albert Girard. They have applications in many areas of mathematics, including Galois...
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    Paul-Albert Girard (1839–1920) was a French painter. Although he painted portraits and landscapes, he is best known as an Orientalist painter of North...
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    Albert Arthur Alexandre Girard ComSE (lusitanised as Alberto; 16 October 1860 – 2 September 1914) was an American-born Portuguese naturalist. A scientific...
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  • grouping) was suggested in 1608 by Christopher Clavius, and in 1629 by Albert Girard. A variety of different symbols are used to represent angle brackets...
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    the French word ou ("or"), was used in its mathematical meaning by Albert Girard in 1626, and the sign in its modern form was used as early as 1631,...
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  • Albert Girard (born 18 August 1949) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Girard was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons...
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    René Noël Théophile Girard (/ʒɪəˈrɑːrd/; French: [ʒiʁaʁ]; 25 December 1923 – 4 November 2015) was a French historian, literary critic, and philosopher...
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  • Girard is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aimé Girard (1830–1898), French chemist Albert Girard (1595–1632), French-born mathematician...
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    abbreviations sin, cos, and tan is by the 16th-century French mathematician Albert Girard; these were further promulgated by Euler (see below). The Opus palatinum...
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    director Albert Girard (1595–1632), French-Dutch mathematician Albert Girard (1860–1914), American-Portuguese naturalist and zoologist Albert Girard (born...
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  • Orda. Girard's son Paul-Albert Girard (1839–1920) was also a painter. Girard Pierre, Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts graphiques Girard Albert v t...
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    was first understood by the 17th-century French mathematician Albert Girard: ...[Girard was] the first person who understood the general doctrine of the...
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  • sign 1628 ∷ proportion sign n√   radical symbol (for nth root) 1629 Albert Girard < > strict inequality signs (less-than sign and greater-than sign) 1631...
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    spherical excess of the triangle. This theorem is named after its author, Albert Girard. An earlier proof was derived, but not published, by the English mathematician...
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  • equation of degree n (with real coefficients) may have n solutions. Albert Girard, in his book L'invention nouvelle en l'Algèbre (published in 1629),...
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    first understood by the 17th-century French mathematician Albert Girard; Hutton writes: ...[Girard was] the first person who understood the general doctrine...
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    book Geometria rotundi (1583). The 17th century French mathematician Albert Girard made the first published use of the abbreviations sin, cos, and tan...
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  • generalization of Fermat's theorem is known as the sum of two squares theorem. Albert Girard was the first to make the observation, characterizing the positive integers...
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  • later remarried and had separate families. Albert Girard, Azemar's maternal grandfather and Celeste Girard Frederic, his mother, were both listed in the...
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  • driver Jean Girard to the team. Girard not only taunts Ricky, but outperforms him and becomes the team's top driver. Desperate to beat Girard, Ricky crashes...
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  • (∷) and abbreviations sin and cos for the sine and cosine functions. Albert Girard also used the abbreviations 'sin', 'cos' and 'tan' for the trigonometric...
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    Girard Avenue is a major commercial and residential street in Philadelphia. For most of its length it runs east–west, but at Frankford Avenue it makes...
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    OP (c. 1200 – 15 November 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great, Albert of Swabia or Albert of Cologne, was a German Dominican friar, philosopher...
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    oversaw the design of nuclear submarines, cruisers and aircraft carriers. Albert Girard Mumma was born in Findlay, Ohio, on 2 June 1906. His father was a U...
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    geologist Paul Choffat. The specific name honours French geologist Albert Girard. The tooth was considered lost but was rediscovered and in 2013 reported...
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    (American, 1840–1905) Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880) Paul-Albert Girard (French, 1839–1920) Eugène Alexis Girardet (French, 1853–1907) Joseph-Philibert...
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  • ISBN 0-201-89683-4 Simson, R. (1753). "An Explication of an Obscure Passage in Albert Girard's Commentary upon Simon Stevin's Works". Philosophical Transactions of...
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  • Restigouche (1988-1993) In office 21 November 1988 – 2 June 1997 Preceded by Albert Girard Succeeded by Jean F. Dubé Personal details Born (1952-05-11) 11 May...
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  • Maurice Harquail 31st  1979–1980 32nd  1980–1984 33rd  1984–1988     Albert Girard Progressive Conservative 34th  1988–1993     Guy Arseneault Liberal...
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