Daniel da Silva (mathematician)
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Daniel da Silva was a Portuguese
mathematician
and marine officer. Born in Lisbon
, he completed his first studies at the Portuguese Royal Naval Academy, and then proceeded his education in Mathematics
at the University of Coimbra where he became a doctor
.
The inclusion-exclusion principle
is sometimes attributed to da Silva, which was included in an 1854 publication. However, the result is normally attributed to Abraham de Moivre
.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
and marine officer. Born in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, he completed his first studies at the Portuguese Royal Naval Academy, and then proceeded his education in Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
at the University of Coimbra where he became a doctor
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
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The inclusion-exclusion principle
Inclusion-exclusion principle
In combinatorics, the inclusion–exclusion principle is an equation relating the sizes of two sets and their union...
is sometimes attributed to da Silva, which was included in an 1854 publication. However, the result is normally attributed to Abraham de Moivre
Abraham de Moivre
Abraham de Moivre was a French mathematician famous for de Moivre's formula, which links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory. He was a friend of Isaac Newton, Edmund Halley, and James Stirling...
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