1683 in science
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The year 1683 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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Mathematics
- Based on his discovery of the resultant, Seki Takakazu starts to develop elimination theory in the Kai-fukudai-no-hō (解伏題之法,); and to express the resultant, he develops the notion of the determinant.[1]
Technology
- Vauban's manual on fortification, Le Directeur-Général des fortifications, begins publication at The Hague.
Births
- February 28 - Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur, French physicist (died 1757)
- December 23 - François Nicole, French mathematician (born 1758)
Deaths
- November 10
- John Collins, English mathematician (born 1625)
- Robert Morison, Scottish botanist (born 1620)
References
- ^ Eves, Howard (1990). An Introduction to the History of Mathematics (6th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders College. p. 405. ISBN 0-03-029558-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=PXvwAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA405&sig=ACfU3U194N23V2YZt5NDGa_jLiqaZCw0LQ&q=seki#search_anchor.
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