Dom Guido Grandi, born Luigi Francesco Lodovico, was an Italian monk, priest, philosopher, theologian, mathematician and engineer, born in Cremona on 1 October 1671 and dying in Pisa on 4 July 1742. Educated at the Jesuit college there, he entered the Camaldolese novitiate at Ferrara in 1687 and took the name Guido, and taught philosophy and theology before turning to mathematics. By 1707 he was court mathematician to Cosimo III de' Medici, also serving as superintendent of water, and in 1709 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in England. He was professor of mathematics at Pisa from 1714. He published a study of the conical loxodrome in 1701 and in 1703 one of the curve he called versiera, later known in English as the witch of Agnesi, which helped introduce Leibniz's ideas on calculus to Italy. He is best known for Flores geometrici of 1728, on the rose curve he named rhodonea, and for Grandi's series.
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Dom Guido Grandi, (1 October 1671 – 4 July 1742) was an Italian monk, priest, philosopher, theologian, mathematician, and engineer.
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MacTutor Home Biographies History Topics Map Curves Search Luigi Guido Grandi Quick Info Born 1 October 1671 Cremona (now Italy) Died 4 July 1742 Pisa (now Italy) Summary Guido Grandi was a Camaldolese monk who worked on geometry and
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Guido was not given that name when he was baptised, rather he was given the name Francesco Lodovico but changed his name to Guido when he entered the Order of the Camaldolese.
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Dom Guido Grandi, (1 October 1671-4 July 1742) was an Italian monk, priest, philosopher, theologian, mathematician, and engineer.
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In mathematics Grandi is best known for his work Flores geometrici (1728), studying the rose curve, a curve which has the shape of a petalled flower, and for Grandi's series.
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It was through his studies on this curve that Grandi helped introduce Leibniz' ideas on calculus to Italy.
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Through a mistranslation by the translator of her work into English who mistook the term "witch" (Italian: avversiera) for Grandi's term, this curve became known in English as the witch of Agnesi.
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He was sent in 1717 to the University of Pisa to study under Luigi Guido Grandi.
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