Agnesi
noun
maria gaetana. 1718–99, italian mathematician and philosopher, noted for her work on differential calculus see witch of agnesi
agnesi
(än-yā’zē)
italian mathematician whose major work, -n-lytical inst-tutions (1748), was the first comprehensive summary of the state of mathematical -n-lysis. it brought together the work of authors writing in various languages, formulated new mathematical methods, and was widely used as a textbook for many years.
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