José Anastácio da Cunha

José Anastácio da Cunha (11 May 1744 – 1 January 1787) was a Portuguese mathematician and educator whose work anticipated nineteenth‑century developments in analysis by several decades. He is best known for his work on the theory of equations, algebraic analysis, plain and spherical trigonometry, analytical geometry, and differential calculus.

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