Abraham de Moivre
Abraham de Moivre FRS (; 26 May 166727 November 1754) was a French mathematician known for de Moivre's formula, a formula that links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory.He moved to England at a young age due to the religious persecution of Huguenots in France which reached a climax in 1685 with the Edict of Fontainebleau. He was a friend of Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, and James Stirling. Among his fellow Huguenot exiles in England, he was a colleague of the editor and translator Pierre des Maizeaux.
De Moivre wrote a book on probability theory, ''The Doctrine of Chances'', said to have been prized by gamblers. De Moivre first discovered Binet's formula, the closed-form expression for Fibonacci numbers linking the ''n''th power of the golden ratio ''φ'' to the ''n''th Fibonacci number. He also was the first to postulate the central limit theorem, a cornerstone of probability theory. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Moivre, Abraham de
Published 1725
Published 1725
printed by W. P. and sold by Francis Fayram, at the South-Entrance of the Royal Exchange; and Benj. Motte, at the Middle Temple Gate, Fleetstreet; and W. Pearson, Printer, over-against Wright's-Coffee-House, Aldersgate-Street
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by Moivre, Abraham de
Published 1750
Published 1750
Printed for A. Millar, over-against Catherine-Street, in the Strand
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by Moivre, Abraham de
Published 1731
Published 1731
London printed: and, Dublin re-printed, by and for Samuel Fuller, at the Globe in Meath-Street
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by Moivre, Abraham de
Published 1725
Published 1725
Printed by W.P. and sold by Frances Fayram ... and Benj. Motte ... and W. Pearson
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by Moivre, Abraham de
Published 1752
Published 1752
printed for A. Millar, over-against Catherine-Street, in the Strand
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by Moivre, Abraham de
Published 1743
Published 1743
printed for the author, by Henry and George Woodfall, without Temple-Bar