Johan Jacob Ferguson

Labyrinthus algebrae (1667)

Johan Jacob Ferguson was a 17th-century Dutch mathematician who corresponded with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. ^[1]

Life

He was born around 1630, probably in The Hague, and died before 24 November 1706, probably on 6 October 1691 in Amsterdam. ^[1]

In his 1667 book Labyrinthus algebrae, written in low Dutch, ^[2] he shows the solutions of cubic and biquadratic equations using new methods. ^[3] The book had a partial translation in Latin (lost) and was sent to Isaac Newton. ^{[4] [5]}

Works

• Labyrinthus algebrae (in Dutch). 's-Gravenhage: Johannes Rammazeyn. 1667.

References

1. Jan A. van Maanen (1990). "Korrespondenten von G. W. Leibniz: 11. Johan Ferguson geb. um 1630 in Haag(?), gest. vor dem 24. November 1706, vermutlich am 6. Oktober 1691 in Amsterdem". Studia Leibnitiana (in German). 22 (2): 203–216. JSTOR   40694153.
2. Abraham Rees (1819). "Algebra". The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature. Vol. 1. London: Longman, Hurst. p. 674.
3. Stephen Jordan Rigaud, ed. (1841). Correspondence of Scientific Men of the Seventeenth Century. Vol. 2. Oxford: The University Press. pp. 515–. ISBN   9780598562197.
4. Giornale di fisica (in Italian). Vol. 31. Bologna: Società italiana di fisica. 1990. p. 115.
5. G. Tarozzi; Monique van Vloten (1989). Radici, significato, retaggio dell'opera newtoniana (in Italian). Bologna: Società italiana di fisica. p. 371.