Abraham de Moivre

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Abraham de Moivre was an 18th-century French mathematician known for his foundational work in probability theory, including early formulations related to the central limit theorem and De Moivre's formula in complex analysis.

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Abraham de Moivre canonical 11
de Moivre 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
probabilist ⓘ
causeOfMigration persecution of Huguenots in France ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1667-05-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1754-11-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Academy of Saumur ⓘ
Collège de Harcourt ⓘ
Protestant Academy of Sedan ⓘ
electedIn 1697 ⓘ
employer private tutor ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup French ⓘ
familyName de Moivre ⓘ
linked to: Abraham de Moivre
fieldOfWork analytic geometry ⓘ
complex analysis ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ
statistics ⓘ
trigonometry ⓘ
givenName Abraham ⓘ
hasApproximateFormula normal approximation to factorials related to Stirling's formula ⓘ
influenced 18th-century probability theory ⓘ
Carl Friedrich Gauss ⓘ
Pierre-Simon Laplace ⓘ
influencedBy Christiaan Huygens ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
knownFor De Moivre's formula ⓘ
early formulation of the central limit theorem ⓘ
normal approximation to the binomial distribution ⓘ
work on annuities and life contingencies ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Champagne ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
name Abraham de Moivre ⓘ
notableWork Miscellanea Analytica ⓘ
The Doctrine of Chances ⓘ
placeOfBirth Vitry-le-François ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
religion Huguenot ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studied games of chance ⓘ
life annuities ⓘ
mortality tables ⓘ
workLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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Jakob Bernoulli → influenced → Abraham de Moivre ⓘ
CLT → historicallyAssociatedWith → Abraham de Moivre ⓘ
Abraham de Moivre → name → Abraham de Moivre ⓘ
Abraham de Moivre → familyName → de Moivre ⓘ
linked to: Abraham de Moivre
Ars Conjectandi → influenced → Abraham de Moivre ⓘ
The Doctrine of Chances → author → Abraham de Moivre ⓘ
Miscellanea Analytica → author → Abraham de Moivre ⓘ
Miscellanea Analytica → hasAuthor → Abraham de Moivre ⓘ
Vitry-le-François → hasNotablePerson → Abraham de Moivre ⓘ
Vitry-le-François → isBirthplaceOf → Abraham de Moivre ⓘ
Pierre Rémond de Montmort → correspondedWith → Abraham de Moivre ⓘ