Mathematician:Jean-Charles de Borda

Mathematician
French mathematician, physicist, and sailor.

Worked on problems in fluid dynamics.

Developed a ranked preferential voting system, the Borda count.

Constructed the metre based on the measurements of, thus helping to introduce the metric system to France.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: 4 May 1733 in Dax, France
 * Died: 19 February 1799 in Paris, France

Theorems and Definitions

 * Borda Count
 * Quota Borda System
 * Borda-Carnot Equation (with )

Publications

 * 1756: Mémoire sur le mouvement des projectiles
 * 1801: Tables Trigonométriques Décimales ou Table des Logaritihmes des Sinus, Sécantes et Tangentes, Suivant la Division du Quart de Cercle en 100 degrés, du Degré en 100 Minutes, et de la Minute en 100 Secondes

Also known as
Full name: Jean-Charles, chevalier de Borda .

Some sources do not hyphenate, and lose the de, thus: Jean Claude Borda.