Li Rui (mathematician)
Li Rui (8 December 1768 Suzhou – 30 June 1817 Suzhou) was a Chinese mathematician. Li discovered independently an equivalent version of what is known today as Descartes' rule of signs.
References
- Joseph Warren Dauben and Christoph J. Scriba, eds., Writing the history of mathematics: its historical development, Birkhäuser, 2002, p. 303.
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Li Rui (mathematician)", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Li_Rui.html .
| Persondata |
| Name |
Li, Rui |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
Mathematician |
| Date of birth |
8 December 1768 |
| Place of birth |
Suzhou |
| Date of death |
30 June 1817 |
| Place of death |
Suzhou |