François Walther de Sluze
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René François Walther de Sluze (Slusius), canon of Liège, (July 7, 1622 - March 19, 1685) was a mathematician. He found for the subtangent of a curve
- f(x, y) = 0
an expression equivalent to
.
He also wrote numerous tracts, and in particular discussed at some length spirals and points of inflexion.
- An original entry was based on the Rouse History of Mathematics
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