Francois Viete quotes

There is a certain way of searching for the truth in mathematics that Plato is said first to have discovered; Theon named it analysis, and defined it as the assumption of that which is sought as if it were admitted and working through its consequences to what is admitted to be true. This is opposed to synthesis, which is the assuming what is admitted and working through its consequences to arrive at and to understand that which is sought. (Francois Viete)

Francois Viete

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Occupation: Mathematician
Born: 1540
Died: December 13, 1603
Quotes count: 1

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