Science · 1667–1754

Abraham de Moivre

French mathematician who pioneered probability theory and trigonometry

Did you know?He is said to have successfully predicted the exact day of his own death by noticing he was sleeping fifteen minutes longer each night.

Abraham de Moivre (French pronunciation:; 26 May 1667 – 27 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.

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