Gregorio Fontana
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| Born | 7 December 1735 Nogaredo, Italy |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Milan, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Fields | Geometry |
| Notable students | Pietro Paoli |
| Known for | polar coordinates |
Gregorio Fontana, born Giovanni Battista Lorenzo Fontana (7 December 1735 – 24 August 1803) was an Italian mathematician and a religious of the Piarist order. He was chair of mathematics at the university of Pavia succeeding Roger Joseph Boscovich. He has been credited with the introduction of polar coordinates.[1][2]
His brother was the physicist Felice Fontana (1730–1805).
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Gregorio Fontana – Dissertazione idrodinamica sopra il quesito cercar, 1775 - BEIC 1519402.jpg
Dissertazione idrodinamica, 1775
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Gregorio Fontana – Ricerche sopra diversi punti concernenti l'analisi infinitesimale e la sua applicazione alla fisica, 1793 – BEIC 4267569.jpg
Ricerche sopra diversi punti concernenti l'analisi infinitesimale e la sua applicazione alla fisica, 1793
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