韦达在数学史上的地位非常重要,这主要体现在两方面:一方面,他是代数学之父,更确切地讲是近代符号代数学之父:另一方面,他是法国的第一位大数学家.韦达之后的四五百年,法国数学界人才辈出,成果斐然,其数学居于世界领先地位的时间之长也远超其他国家. Weida’s position in the history of mathematics is very important, which is mainly reflected in two aspects: on the one hand, he is the father of algebra, more precisely, the father of modern symbolic algebra: on the other hand, he is the first French Four or five years after Vedda, the mathematic circle in French mathematics has made remarkable achievements and its maths have been leading the world for much longer than other countries.