István Hatvani (1718–1786) was a Hungarian

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

. He worked on developing some of the earliest elements of

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Biography at University of St Andrews, Scotland
1718 births 1786 deaths 18th-century Hungarian mathematicians Probability theorists Istvan {{europe-mathematician-stub