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's identities (redirect from Newton-Girard formulas)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Spherical trigonometry (redirect from Girard's Theorem)
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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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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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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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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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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(∷) 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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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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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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Albertus Magnus (redirect from Albert the Great)
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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(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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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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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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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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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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František Šimon, ca. 1910 A Woman with a Musical Instrunent, Paul-Albert Girard, ca. 1875 Man Wearing a Red Scarf, Bertold Piotr Oczko, ca. 1935 Guard...
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