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Gabriel Cramer ( July 31 , 1704 - January 4 , 1752 ) was a Swiss Mathematician , born at Geneva . He showed promise in Mathematics from an early age. At 18 he received his doctorate and at 20 he was co-chair of mathematics. Despite that the work by which he is best known came in his forties. This work is his treatise on Algebraic Curve s published in 1750 ; it contains the earliest demonstration that a curve of the ''n''-th degree is determined by n(n + 3) on it, in General Position . He edited the works of the two elder Bernoulli s; and wrote on the physical cause of the spheroidal shape of the Planet s and the motion of their Apses ( 1730 ), and on Newton 's treatment of Cubic Curve s ( 1746 ). He was professor at Geneva, and died at Bagnols . See also: Cramer's Rule . ''Adapted from A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).'' He was the son of physician Jean Cramer and Anne Mallet Cramer . EXTERNAL LINK |
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