De Moivre

De Moivre (1722)

$latex (Cos A+iSin B)^n = Cos nA + i.Sin \:nA$
- French Protestant, jailed by the Catholic King Louis XIV (14th), exiled to UK.
- Gave Tuition in the Duke home where he met Newton with the newly published book “Principia” and the "New Math" Calculus, he self-paced study to become expert in Calculus.
- He never got a Professor job despite Newton and Leibniz’s help.
- He observed gambling in coffee shops, invented the Game Theory.
- He liked to sleep. One day he declared he would sleep 20 mins more per day. On 73rd day when he accumulated 24 hrs more, he died at 87 yrs old !