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For the Italian radical of the same name, see Gregorio Fontana (radical).
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Gregorio Fontana
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Born (1735-12-07)7 December 1735
Nogaredo, Italy
Died 24 August 1803(1803-08-24) (aged 67)
Milan, Italy
Nationality Italian
Known for polar coordinates
Scientific career
Fields Geometry
Notable students Pietro Paoli

Gregorio Fontana, born Giovanni Battista Lorenzo Fontana (7 December 1735 – 24 August 1803) was an Italian mathematician and a religious of the Piarist order. He was chair of mathematics at the university of Pavia succeeding Roger Joseph Boscovich. He has been credited with the introduction of polar coordinates.

His brother was the physicist Felice Fontana (1730–1805).

Works

  • Gregorio Fontana – Dissertazione idrodinamica sopra il quesito cercar, 1775 - BEIC 1519402

    Dissertazione idrodinamica, 1775

  • Gregorio Fontana – Ricerche sopra diversi punti concernenti l'analisi infinitesimale e la sua applicazione alla fisica, 1793 – BEIC 4267569

    Ricerche sopra diversi punti concernenti l'analisi infinitesimale e la sua applicazione alla fisica, 1793

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