Mathematician:Johannes van Waveren Hudde

Johannes Hudde, also rendered Johann Hudde or Jan Hudde, was Dutch mathematician, who was also at one time the mayor of Amsterdam and governor of the Dutch East India Company.

Organised the regulation of the waterways of Amsterdam, in the process making major steps towards improvements in sanitation.

Collaborated on a translation into Latin of by René Descartes.

Nationality
Dutch

History

 * Born: 23 April 1628, Amsterdam, Holland (now Netherlands)
 * Died: 15 April 1704, Amsterdam, Holland (now Netherlands)

Theorems and Definitions

 * Hudde's Rules

Books and Papers

 * 1656: Specilla circularia etc.


 * 1658: Epistola Secunda, de Maximis et Minimis (The Second Letter, concerning Maxima and Minima)


 * 1661: Translation into Latin of by René Descartes (with Johan de Witt and Hendrik van Heuraet)

Also see

 * : Introduction