Mathematician:Michel Chasles

Originally christened Floréal Chasles, but renamed Michel Chasles for political reasons just before his sixteenth birthday.

French mathematician known for his work in projective geometry, as well as for his contributions to harmonic analysis.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: 15 November 1793
 * Died: 18 December 1880

Theorems and Definitions

 * Chasles' Relation
 * Chasles-Cayley-Brill formula
 * Chasles' Theorem

Books and Papers

 * 1837: Aperçu Historique sur l'Origine et le Développement des Méthodes en Géométrie
 * 1852: Traité de Géométrie
 * 1865: Traité des Sections Coniques