Adriaan van Roomen

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Adriaan van Roomen (29 September 1561 - 4 May 1615), also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a Belgian mathematician. He was born in Leuven, where he became professor, but then travelled extensively in Europe. He worked in algebra, trigonometry and geometry; and on the decimal expansion of π.

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  • O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Adriaan van Roomen". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.


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