Mathematician:Antoine Arnauld

Mathematician

French Roman Catholic theologian, philosopher and mathematician.

Personal friend of Blaise Pascal.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: 6 February 1612 in Paris, France
• Died: 6 August 1694 in Brussels, Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium)

Theorems and Definitions

• Arnauld's Paradox

Results named for Antoine Arnauld can be found here.

Publications

• 1643: De la fréquente communion où les sentimens des Pères, des papes et des Conciles touchant l'usage des sacremens de pénitence et d'Eucharistie sont fidèlement exposez
• 1660: Grammaire générale et raisonnée contenant les fondemens de l'art de parler, expliqués d'une manière claire et naturelle
• 1683: La logique ou l'art de penser contenant outre les règles communes, plusieurs observations nouvelles, propres à former le jugement

Also known as

Antoine Arnauld le Grand, to distinguish him from his father, who had the same name.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Antoine Arnauld": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $-1$ and $i$
• 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $-1$ and $i$