ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?), Scottish mathematician,
was born at Aberdeen. In his youth he went to the continent
and taught mathematics at Paris, where he published or
edited, between the years 1612 and 1619, various geometrical
and algebraical tracts, which are conspicuous for their
ingenuity and elegance. He was selected by the executors of
Franciscus Vieta to revise and edit his manuscript works, a
task which he discharged with great ability. The works of
Anderson amount to six thin 4to volumes, and as the last of
them was published in 1619, it is probable that the author
died soon after that year, but the precise date is unknown.
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