Book:Blaise Pascal/Essay pour les Coniques

Blaise Pascal: Essay pour les Coniques

Published $\text {1639}$

Subject Matter

• Pascal's Theorem

Contents

• Pascal's Theorem

• Around $400$ corollaries, subsuming much of the work of Apollonius of Perga and others.

Also known as

This work can also be seen referred to as Essai pour les Coniques, and also as Essai sur les Coniques.

As can be seen from the actual artefact, both are incorrect.

Historical Note

The full text of Blaise Pascal's Essay pour les Coniques was never actually published, and now appears to be irretrievably lost.

However, it is noted that Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz managed to get hold of a copy and was able to study it.

Sources

• 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{V}$: "Greatness and Misery of Man"
• 1992: George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {A}.16$: Pascal ($\text {1623}$ – $\text {1662}$)
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Pascal, Blaise (1623-62)
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Pascal, Blaise (1623-62)