Antoine Arbogast
Louis François Antoine Arbogast (
October 4,
1759 -
April 8,
1803) was a
French mathematician. He was born in
Alsace and died at
Strasbourg, where he was professor. He wrote on series and the derivatives known by his name: he was the first writer to separate the symbols of operation from those of quantity.
The original version of this article was taken from the public domain resource the Rouse History of Mathematics.