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'''Adam Ries''' (January 17, 1492 (?) – March 30, 1559), also '''Adam Riese''', was a German [[Mathematician (nonfiction)|mathematician]]. | [[File:Adam_Ries.png|thumb|Nonfiction: 1550 Woodcut of 58-year-old Adam Reis, inscription: ANNO 1550 ADAM RIES SEINS ALTERS IM LVIII]]'''Adam Ries''' (January 17, 1492 (?) – March 30, 1559), also '''Adam Riese''', was a German [[Mathematician (nonfiction)|mathematician]]. | ||
The first decades after Ries' birth are not documented, so it is not known which schools he attended. There is also no information about the studies of the later mathematician in the matriculation registers of the universities which existed at that time. | The first decades after Ries' birth are not documented, so it is not known which schools he attended. There is also no information about the studies of the later mathematician in the matriculation registers of the universities which existed at that time. | ||
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* [Adam_Ries | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ries Adam Ries] @ Wikipedia | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:28, 2 January 2017
Adam Ries (January 17, 1492 (?) – March 30, 1559), also Adam Riese, was a German mathematician.
The first decades after Ries' birth are not documented, so it is not known which schools he attended. There is also no information about the studies of the later mathematician in the matriculation registers of the universities which existed at that time.
The first time that Adam Ries was mentioned in a document was on 22 April 1517, when he appeared before the Council of Staffelstein because of a dispute over an inheritance. By 1509, he was already living with his younger brother, Conrad, in Zwickau, who attended the Latin school there.
In 1518, Ries went to Erfurt, where he ran a mathematics school, and he wrote two of his mathematics books and had them published there.
In 1522 or 1523, he moved to the newly founded mining town of Annaberg where he spent the rest of his life. There he finished work on the manuscript of his algebra textbook, Coß, in 1524, although the book was not published until 1992 by B.G. Teubner.
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