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4-23-1628
Johann Hudde born in Amsterdam. He worked on theory of equations and also on locating maxima and minima.
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Sir William Rowan Hamilton presented a paper on optics, 'Theory of systems of rays,' to the Royal Irish Academy while still an undergraduate.
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