Adriaan van Roomen, known in Latin as Adrianus Romanus, lived from 1561 to 1615 and was a mathematician, professor of medicine and medical astrologer from the Duchy of Brabant in the Habsburg Netherlands. Born in Leuven, he held chairs in Louvain and Würzburg and was active across Central Europe in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In mathematics he worked on algebra, trigonometry and geometry, solved the Problem of Apollonius with a new method that intersected hyperbolas, discussed equations and tangencies with François Viète, and computed pi to sixteen decimals, passing Viète's ten. His Mathesis Polemica of 1605 explained the military uses of mathematics.
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He also wrote on the Gregorian calendar reform. == Life == Van Roomen was born in Leuven, the son of Adriaan Van Roomen and Maria Van Den Daele.
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He also wrote on the Gregorian calendar reform. == Life == Van Roomen was born in Leuven, the son of Adriaan Van Roomen and Maria Van Den Daele.
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van Roomen (29 September 1561-4 May 1615), also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a mathematician, professor of medicine and medical astrologer from the Duchy of Brabant in the Habsburg Netherlands who was active throughout Central Europe in the late
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As a mathematician he worked in algebra, trigonometry and geometry; and on the decimal expansion of pi.
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van Roomen (29 September 1561-4 May 1615), also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a mathematician, professor of medicine and medical astrologer from the Duchy of Brabant in the Habsburg Netherlands who was active throughout Central Europe in the late
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van Roomen (29 September 1561-4 May 1615), also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a mathematician, professor of medicine and medical astrologer from the Duchy of Brabant in the Habsburg Netherlands who was active throughout Central Europe in the late
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van Roomen (29 September 1561-4 May 1615), also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a mathematician, professor of medicine and medical astrologer from the Duchy of Brabant in the Habsburg Netherlands who was active throughout Central Europe in the late
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He audited the lectures of Adriaan van Roomen.
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