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1745Jun, 8

Caspar Wessel

Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (d. 1818)
Caspar Wessel (8 June 1745, Vestby – 25 March 1818, Copenhagen) was a Danish–Norwegian mathematician and cartographer. In 1799, Wessel was the first person to describe the geometrical interpretation of complex numbers as points in the complex plane and vectors.

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  • 19Aug

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  • 19Aug

    Battle of Kars (1745)

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