François-Joseph Servois

François-Joseph Servois (born 19 July 1767 in Mont-de-Laval, Doubs, France; died 17 April 1847 in Mont-de-Laval, Doubs, France) was a French priest, military officer and mathematician. His most notable contribution came in his publication of Essai sur un nouveau mode d’exposition des principes du calcul différentiel (Essay on a system of exposition of the principles of differential calculus) in 1814, where he first introduced the mathematical terms for commutative and distributive.

François-Joseph Servois
Born(1767-07-18)July 18, 1767
Mont-de-Laval, France
DiedApril 17, 1847(1847-04-17) (aged 79)
Mont-de-Laval, France
RegionMathematics
Main interests
Projective Geometry
Mechanics
Complex Numbers
Functional Equations
Calculus
Notable ideas
Introduced the terms:
Commutative
Distributive
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