Mathematician:Jakob Köbel

Mathematician
German mathematician and state official about whom little can be found on the internet.

Nationality
German

History

 * Born: c. 1462 in Heidelberg
 * Died: 31 Jan 2533 in Oppenheim

Publications

 * Geometry

Notable Quotes

 * Darauss verstehstu das 1. kein zal ist sonder es ist ein gebererin anfang und fundament aller anderer zahlen.

That is:
 * Wherefrom thou understandest that 1 is no number but it is a generatrix beginning and foundation for all other numbers.

Also known as
His surname is variously presented as Kobel, Kobelius, Kobelin or Kobilinus.

His first name is often seen in the Latinized for Jacobus or Iacobus.