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Poncelet, Jean Victor
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
PONCELET, JEAN VICTOR ( b . Metz, France, 1 July 1788; d...geometry, theory of machines, industrial mechanics. Poncelet was the natural son (later legitimated) of Claude Poncelet, a rich landowner and advocate at the Parlement of...
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Pambour, François Marie Guyonneau De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...result of scientific differences with Poncelet, Probably intensified by a personal...There was a polemic between Pambour and Poncelet ’ s prot é g é...cylinder. According to the older theory of Poncelet and Morin, the ratio can be determined...
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Gergonne, Joseph Diaz
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...of a curve) were first introduced. After Poncelet, in his monumental Trait é des propri...priority struggle developed between Gergonne and Poncelet. The result was that Poncelet switched to other journals, including Crelle...
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Plücker, Julius
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...the analytic and projective geometry of Poncelet and Gergonne. But differences between...cker, who stood in the middle of the Poncelet-Gergonne controversy, was inclined to support Poncelet ’ s position: Pl ü...
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Feuerbach, Karl Wilhelm
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...had been fully described though not named by Brianchon and Poncelet in 1821. The proof of this theorem was presented with a number...On the man and his work, see C. J. Brianchon and J. V. Poncelet, “ G é om é trie des courbes: Recherched...
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Mannheim, Victor Mayer Amédée
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...1906), geometry . A follower of the geometric tradition of Poncelet and Chasles, Am é d é e Mannheim, like his...contributions to the field of geometry Mannheim was awarded the Poncelet Prize in 1872. BIBLIOGRAPHY I. Original Works. Mannheim...
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Culmann, Karl
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...He learned of the graphical methods introduced by J. V. Poncelet and studied in Metz before a case of typhoid fever caused him...fame now rests. His youthful exposure to the developments of Poncelet and other French geometers is reflected in his reports on American...
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Moutard, Théodore Florentin
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...elliptic functions, which was published as an appendix in Victor Poncelet ’ s Applications d ’ analyse et de g...BIBLIOGRAPHY I. Original Works. The works by Moutard in Victor Poncelet, Applications d ’ analyse et de g é om...
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Richard, Louis Paul Émile
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...the routine, gave instruction in the principal modern theories, including the new geometry introduced by Poncelet. He was one of Poncelet ’ s most fervent supporters, and when, in 1846, a chair of higher geometry was created at the...
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Brianchon, Charles-Julien
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...une hyperbole é quilat è re, au moyen de quatres conditions donn é es, ” written with Poncelet. It is notable for containing the nine-point circle theorem and is an instance of the many times this theorem has been rediscovered...
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