Mathematician:Charles de Bouvelles

Mathematician
French mathematician and philosopher who introduced the hypotrochoid as a technique for Squaring the Circle.

It is suggested by some sources that he was also the first to investigate the cycloid.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: 1471 in Soyecourt, near Amiens, Picardy, France
 * Died: 1553 in Noyon, Picardy, France

Theorems and Definitions

 * Hypotrochoid

Publications

 * 1503: Geometricae Introductionis
 * 1509: De Sapiente
 * 1510: Liber de XII Numeris

Also known as
Charles de Bouvelles is also known as Carolus Bovillus. The spelling Bovelles is also seen, and sometimes the de is omitted.

Hence Charles Bouvelles can sometimes be seen.