Pierre Dangicourt was a French mathematician, born at Rouen in Normandy in 1664 and dead in Berlin on 12 February 1727. As a Protestant he left France after the Edict of Fontainebleau and settled in Prussia, where he was made an associate member of the Academy of Berlin. He became a student and friend of Gottfried Leibniz, with whom he kept up a long correspondence. His publications include works on conic sections and on the binary number system that Leibniz had invented. He is also reported to have held that the nature of this world was to be loathed.
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Pierre Dangicourt (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ dɑ̃ʒikuʁ]; 1664 Rouen, Province of Normandy – 12 Feb 1727 Berlin) was a French mathematician.
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Pierre Dangicourt (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ dɑ̃ʒikuʁ]; 1664 Rouen, Province of Normandy, 12 Feb 1727 Berlin) was a French mathematician.
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Pierre Dangicourt (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ dɑ̃ʒikuʁ]; 1664 Rouen, Province of Normandy, 12 Feb 1727 Berlin) was a French mathematician.
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As a Protestant, he left France after the Edict of Fontainebleau and settled in Prussia, where he was made an associate member of the Academy of Berlin.
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Dangicourt's publications include works on conic sections and on the binary number system invented by Leibniz.
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Dangicourt became a student and friend of Gottfried Leibniz, and the two shared a long correspondence.
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