Francois Viete Professions : Mathematician Born : 1540 Died : February 23, 1603 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Francois Viete There is no problem that cannot be solved. Francois Viete no-problem mathematics problem There is a certain way of searching for the truth in mathematics that Plato is said first to have discovered. Theon called this analysis. Francois Viete analysis plato way Numerical logistic is that which employs numbers; symbolic logistic that which uses symbols, as, say, the letters of the alphabet. Francois Viete use letters numbers Similar Authors Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch mathematician Brahmagupta mathematician Augustus De Morgan mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy mathematician Atle Selberg mathematician Arthur Cayley mathematician All Authors