Mathematician:Frans van Schooten

Mathematician

Dutch mathematician who is most known for popularizing the analytic geometry of René Descartes.

His $1659$ and $1661$ edition of his commentary on La Géométrie by René Descartes was highly influential, and used by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz.

Nationality

Dutch

History

• Born: 15 May 1615 in Leiden, South Holland, Dutch Republic (now Netherlands)
• Died: 29 May 1660 in Leiden, South Holland, Dutch Republic (now Netherlands)

Theorems and Definitions

• Van Schooten's Theorem

Publications

• 1649: Latin translation of and commentary on La Géométrie by René Descartes
• 1659: Further expansion of the commentaries on La Géométrie by René Descartes (with Johan de Witt and Hendrik van Heuraet): Volume 1
• 1661: Further expansion of the commentaries on La Géométrie by René Descartes (with Johannes van Waveren Hudde, Johan de Witt and Hendrik van Heuraet): Volume 2

Also known as

His full Latinized name was Franciscus van Schooten.

His name can also be written Frans van Schoten or Frans Verschooten.

Some sources refer to him as the Younger, or Junior, acknowledging the existence of his father (a professor of mathematics) with the same name.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Frans van Schooten": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 1991: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Geometry ... (previous) ... (next): A Chronological List Of Mathematicians
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Schooten, Frans van, the Younger (c. 1615-c. 1660)
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Schooten, Frans van, the Younger (c. 1615-c. 1660)