Matthew Stewart
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Matthew Stewart (1717 – January 23, 1785) was a Scottish mathematician born in Rothesay, Scotland and died in Edinburgh.
He succeeded Colin Maclaurin in his chair at the University of Edinburgh, being a mathematician of considerable power, for his theorems on the problem of three bodies, and for his discussion, treated by transversals and involution, of the properties of the circle and straight line.
His most well-known work is his General Theorems, published in 1746.
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External links
- Original entry based on the public domain Rouse History of Mathematicsfr:Matthew Stewart (mathématicien)