Mathematician:Magnus Georg Paucker

Mathematician
Russian astronomer and physicist best known for his construction of the regular $257$-gon using a compass and straightedge.

Nationality
Estonian (then part of the Russian Empire)

History

 * Born: 26 November 1787 in Simuna, Estonia
 * Died: 31 August 1855 in Jelgava, Latvia

Theorems and Definitions

 * Construction of Regular $257$-Gon

Publications

 * 1813 De nova explicatione phaenomeni elasticitatis corporum rigidorum



Also known as
His full name is sometimes given as Magnus-Georg Andreyevich Pauker, which in Russian is Магнус-Георг Андреевич Паукер

His name is usually seen transliteraed into German as Magnus Georg von Paucker.