Mathematician:William Wallace

Mathematician
Scottish mathematician and astronomer best known for the Wallace-Bolyai-Gerwien Theorem.

Nationality
Scottish

History

 * Born: 23 September 1768 in Dysart, Scotland
 * Died: 28 April 1843 in Edinburgh, Scotland

Theorems and Definitions

 * Wallace-Bolyai-Gerwien Theorem (independently of and ) (also known as Bolyai-Gerwien Theorem)

Publications

 * 1838: A Geometrical Treatise on the Conic Sections with an Appendix Containing Formulae for their Quadrature
 * 1839: Geometrical Theorems and Analytical Formulae with their application to the Solution of Certain Geodetical Problems and an Appendix