James Hume (mathematician)

James Hume (fl. 1639) was a Scottish mathematician. He is given credit for introducing the modern exponential notation, along with René Descartes.[1]

  1. ^ Ad Meskens (24 September 2010). Travelling Mathematics - The Fate of Diophantos' Arithmetic: The Fate of Diophantos' Arithmetic. Springer. p. 130. ISBN 978-3-0346-0643-1.