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December 29th
| 1256 | Possible birthdate of Ibn Al-Banna who studied the connection between triangular numbers, combinations, and binomial coefficients. He lived most if not all of his life in Marrakesh, Morocco.
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| 1692 | Huygens, in a letter to L'Hospital, gave the first complete sketch of the folium of Descartes. Although the curve was first discussed August 23, 1638, no complete sketch had previously been given due to a reluctance to use negative numbers as coordinates.
More information about: Christiaan Huygens Guillaume de l'Hospital The Folium of Descartes |
| 1731 | Brook Taylor died in London, England. He was one of many mathematicians of his time to discover (independently) what became known as Taylor series and Taylor's Theorem.
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| 1856 | Stieltjes born in the Netherlands. He is best known for the Stieltjes integral and for his work on continued fractions.
More information about: Thomas Stieltjes |
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