Definition:Limaçon of Pascal/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Limaçon of Pascal
The limaçon of Pascal was first investigated by Albrecht Dürer, who included a construction in his Underweysung der Messung mit dem Zirckel und Richtscheyt ("Instructions for Measuring with Compass and Ruler") of $1525$.
It was rediscovered by Étienne Pascal.
It was given its name by Gilles Personne de Roberval in $1650$.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): limaçon of Pascal
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): limaçon of Pascal
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Limaçon." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Limacon.html