We revisit the life and work of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Milanese mathematician, whose 300th birthday is being celebrated this year. In particular, we describe the main features of her books "Propositiones philosophicae" and "Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana". A third appendix is devoted to an algebraic curve that has taken its name from Agnesi: the versiera, or witch of Agnesi.
A protagonist of the 18th-century mathematics: Maria Gaetana Agnesi
De Tullio, Jacopo
2018
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We revisit the life and work of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Milanese mathematician, whose 300th birthday is being celebrated this year. In particular, we describe the main features of her books "Propositiones philosophicae" and "Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana". A third appendix is devoted to an algebraic curve that has taken its name from Agnesi: the versiera, or witch of Agnesi.
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