Angeli

Stefano degli Angeli

Born: 11 Sept 1623 in Venice, Italy
Died: 11 Oct 1697 in Venice, Italy

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Stephano Angeli studied mathematics at the University of Bologna. He taught theology at Ferrara from 1644, then transferred to Bologna in 1645 where he came under the influence of Cavalieri.

Angeli's many works were on infinitesimals and he used them to study spirals, parabolas and hyperbolas. Gregory studied with Angeli in Italy from1664 to1668 and learnt from him about series expansions of functions.

Angeli also examined fluid statics based on Archimedes' principle and Torricelli's experiments. He considered the motion bodies falling towards a rotating Earth.

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Tell me about Angeli's contribution to Calculus

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Rice University, USA

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. J E Montucla, Histoire des Mathématique (Paris, 1758).
  3. M Gliozzi, Angeli, Stefano degli, Dizionario biografico degli Italiani 3 (1961), 205-06. 
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