Abraham de Moivre
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Abraham de Moivre was an 18th-century French mathematician known for his foundational work in probability theory, including early formulations related to the central limit theorem and De Moivre's formula in complex analysis.
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| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ probabilist ⓘ |
| causeOfMigration | persecution of Huguenots in France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of France
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Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1667-05-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1754-11-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Academy of Saumur
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Collège d’Harcourt ⓘ
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Collège de Harcourt
Protestant Academy of Sedan ⓘ |
| electedIn | 1697 ⓘ |
| employer | private tutor ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName |
Abraham de Moivre
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de Moivre
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| fieldOfWork |
analytic geometry
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complex analysis ⓘ probability theory ⓘ statistics ⓘ trigonometry ⓘ |
| givenName | Abraham ⓘ |
| hasApproximateFormula | normal approximation to factorials related to Stirling's formula ⓘ |
| influenced |
18th-century probability theory
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Carl Friedrich Gauss ⓘ Pierre-Simon Laplace ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christiaan Huygens
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Isaac Newton ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Euler’s formula for complex exponentials
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De Moivre's formula
early formulation of the central limit theorem ⓘ normal approximation to the binomial distribution ⓘ work on annuities and life contingencies ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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French ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Champagne ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Abraham de Moivre self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Miscellanea Analytica
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The Doctrine of Chances ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vitry-le-François ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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London
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| religion |
Huguenot
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Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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London
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied |
games of chance
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life annuities ⓘ mortality tables ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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London
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