Agnesi

British  

/ aːnˈjezi /

noun

1. Maria Gaetana. 1718–99, Italian mathematician and philosopher, noted for her work on differential calculus See witch of Agnesi

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Agnesi Scientific  

/ än-yā′zē /

1. Italian mathematician whose major work, Analytical Institutions (1748), was the first comprehensive summary of the state of mathematical analysis. It brought together the work of authors writing in various languages, formulated new mathematical methods, and was widely used as a textbook for many years.

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Example Sentences

However, perhaps the strangest name for a curve is the witch of Agnesi.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Witch of Agnesi curves have applications in physics, including modeling water waves and distributions of spectral lines.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

The title refers to a mathematical curve defined by Maria Agnesi, an 18th Century Italian Mathematician.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2016

Witch of Agnesi hovers like an apparition above a still pool of water, where its varied forms are reflected and distorted.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2016

The life of Mary Somerville, like that of Gaetana Agnesi, proves that the pursuit of science is not, as so often asserted, incompatible with domestic and social duties.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine