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Arthur Chuquet
Arthur Chuquet Arthur Chuquet (1853–1925) was a French historian and biographer ...
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Nicolas Chuquet
Nicolas Chuquet Nicolas Chuquet (born 1445 (some sources say c. 1455 ... the 1870s, scholar A Aristide Marre discovered Chuquet's manuscript and published it in 1880 ... notes in de la Roche's handwriting. Chuquet's thinking was brilliant and far ahead ... had been in use centuries prior to Chuquet. In 1475, Jehan Adam recorded the ...
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Nicolas Chuquet   (translated from French)
Nicolas Chuquet Nicolas Chuquet (born in 1445 (certain sources indicate 1455 ... scholar Aristide Marre discovered the manuscript of Chuquet and published it in 1880 . The manuscript ... the hand of Rock. The thought of Chuquet was brilliant and very advances some over ... was of use of the centuries before Chuquet. In 1475 , Jehan Adam recorded the ...
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User:Michael Chuquet
User:Michael Chuquet Hello to everyone. Nicolas Chuquet Hello Michael, Do I detect a family ...
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User talk:Michael Chuquet
User talk:Michael Chuquet See Talk:Billion#Tracing the origins of ... a source for the disputed quotation from Chuquet, when in fact I have now learned ...
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User talk:Michael Chuquet/Hexadecimal billion
User talk:Michael Chuquet/Hexadecimal billion < User talk:Michael Chuquet This discussion of the significance of the ... 57.112.41 (later called user:Michael Chuquet, that's me) and Ian, user:Icairns ... page on fr.wikipedia.org). Myself, Michael Chuquet, I approve this definition of the "hexadecimal ... billion (long scale) x 1.099511627776" Michael Chuquet 06:35, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)  
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User talk:Broken/Michael Chuquet/Hexadecimal billion \x2528suite\x2529
User talk:Broken/Michael Chuquet/Hexadecimal billion \x2528suite\x2529 < User talk:Broken ... 57.112.41 (later called user:Michael Chuquet, that's me) and Ian, user:Icairns ... page on fr.wikipedia.org). Myself, Michael Chuquet, I approve this definition of the "hexadecimal ... long scale in the decimal numeration. Michael Chuquet 03:19, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)  
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Talk:Names of large numbers
... the Web and in Wikipedia about Nicolas Chuquet, etc. don't seem to be exactly ... from Large number). It turns out that Chuquet did not exactly invent billion, trillion, quadrillion ... tryllion, quadryllion etc, so Knuth collides with Chuquet's namespace. Second, one Jehan Adam used them before Chuquet did. Third, neither Adam nor Chuquet claimed authorship, and apparently the context ...
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Talk:Billion
... Mar 2004 (UTC) The citation from Nicolas Chuquet is wrong. He defined billion = 10^12 ... because there is apparently no conflict between Chuquet's system (billion=10^12) and Pelletier ... either in speech or in writing. Similarly Chuquet, who is sometimes cited as the originator ... referred to as "mille milliards"). And, apparently, Chuquet himself implied both usages within the same ... 81.57.112.41 (possibly User: Michael Chuquet before acquiring his login?) on Aug ...
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User:Dpbsmith/Names of large numbers
... New International Dictionary, Unabridged, 1993, Merriam-Webster Chuquet and the origins of the "standard dictionary numbers" Nicolas Chuquet's book Triparty en la science des ... a portion of his 1520 book, Larismetique. Chuquet's book contains a passage in which ... wish to go). Because of this passage, Chuquet is sometimes credited with "inventing" the names ... oversimplification. "million" was certainly not invented by Chuquet. "milion" is an Old French word ...
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