Montmort

Pierre Rémond de Montmort

Born: 27 Oct 1678 in Paris, France
Died: 7 Oct 1719 in Paris, France

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Montmort's reputation was made by his book on probability which appeared in 1708. The book, which is a collection of combinatorial problems, is a systematic study of games of chance and shows that there is important mathematics in this area.

He collaborated with Nicolaus Bernoulli and he was also a friend of Taylor. At a time of high feelings in the Newton-Leibniz controversy it says a lot for Montmort that he could be friends with followers of both camps.

References elsewhere in this archive:

Tell me about Montmort's work on mathematical games and recreations

Other Web sites:

Rice University, USA

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. Éloge de M de Montmort, Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences pour l'année 1719 (1721), 83-93. 
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