Mathematician:Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński

Mathematician
Polish Messianist philosopher, mathematician, physicist, inventor, lawyer, and economist.

Best known for his definition of the Wronskian. Although brilliant and intellectually versatile, his difficult personality limited his influence.

Nationality
Polish

History

 * Born: 23 August 1778 in Wolsztyn, Poland
 * Died: 8 August 1853 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (near Paris), France

Definitions

 * Wronskian

Books and Papers

 * 1811: Introduction à la philosophie des mathématiques, et technie de l'algorithmie
 * 1812: Résolution générale des équations de tous degrés
 * 1821: Introduction to a course in mathematics
 * 1827: Canons de logarithmes
 * 1831: Prodrome du Messianisme; Révélation des destinées de l’humanité
 * 1832: Réflexions philosophiques sur un miroir parabolique
 * 1833: Resolution of equation polynomials of tous les degries

Also known as
The variants of the name Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński are manifold and complex.

His surname is sometimes rendered as Hoëné-Wronski or Hoëné-Wroński or some such variant.

Some sources present it as Hoëné de Wronski, and sometimes without the hyphen, as Hoëné Wronski.

His first name can also be seen as Josef.

His name originally was Josef Hoëné, also sometimes presented as Josef Hoene.

He adopted the name Wroński sometime between 1810 and 1815, after his marriage.

Many of his papers were written under the name Hoëné Wronski without the first name.

He also sometimes used the variant Hoehne.