Michel Rolle

Michel Rolle
Born(1652-04-21)21 April 1652
Died8 November 1719(1719-11-08) (aged 67)
Known forGaussian elimination, Rolle's theorem
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsAcadémie Royale des Sciences

Michel Rolle (21 April 1652 – 8 November 1719) was a French mathematician. He is best known for Rolle's theorem (1691). He is also the co-inventor in Europe[1] of Gaussian elimination (1690).

  1. ^ Some special cases were known in China very much earlier.