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==Mathematics== * [[Frans van Schooten]] publishes the first Latin version of [[René Descartes]]' ''[[La Géométrie]]''. His commentary makes the work understandable to the broader mathematical community. The Latin version also includes [[Florimond de Beaune]]'s ''Notes brièves'', the first important introduction to Descartes' [[cartesian geometry]].<ref>Serfati, M. (2005). René Descartes, ''Géométrie'', Latin Edition (1649), French Edition (1637). In ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=UdGBy8iLpocC&pg=PA1 Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940]'' (p. 1). Elsevier.</ref>
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