Mathematician:Gabriel Léon Jean Baptiste Lamé

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Mathematician

French mathematician who investigated curvilinear coordinate systems.

Studied the series of curves now known as Lamé curves.


Generated a proof of a special case of Fermat's Last Theorem. He thought he had created a general proof for it, but it was flawed.

Worked on elasticity theory. The Lamé Parameters are his invention for describing the elasticity of a material.

Determined the running time for the Euclidean Algorithm, using Fibonacci numbers. This sequence of numbers is sometimes known as Lamé's sequence.


Nationality

French


History

  • Born: July 22, 1795, in Tours, France.
  • Died: May 1, 1870 Paris, France.


Theorems and Definitions

Results named for Gabriel Léon Jean Baptiste Lamé can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Gabriel Léon Jean Baptiste Lamé can be found here.


Publications

  • 1816: Mémoire sur les intersections des lignes et des surfaces (Memoir on the intersection of lines and surfaces)
  • 1818: Examen des différentes méthodes employées pour résoudre les problèmes de géométrie (Examination of different methods used for resolving problems of geometry)
  • 1840: Cours de physique de l'Ecole Polytechnique: Tome premier, Propriétés générales des corps-Théorie physique de la chaleur (Course of Physics of the Polytechnic College: Volume 1, General Properties of bodies - physical theory of heat)
  • 1840: Cours de physique de l'Ecole Polytechnique: Tome deuxième, Acoustique-Théorie physique de la lumière (Course of Physics of the Polytechnic College: Volume 2, Theory of Acoustics - Theory of Light)
  • 1840: Cours de physique de l'Ecole Polytechnique. Tome troisième, Electricité-Magnétisme-Courants électriques-Radiations (Course of Physics of the Polytechnic College: Volume 3, Electricity - Magnetism - Electric Current - Radiation)
  • 1852: Leçons sur la théorie mathématique de l'élasticité des corps solides (Lessons on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity of Solid Bodies)
  • 1857: Leçons sur les fonctions inverses des transcendantes et les surfaces isothermes (Lessons on inverse and transcendental functions and isothermal surfaces)
  • 1859: Leçons sur les coordonnées curvilignes et leurs diverses applications (Lessons on curvilinear coordinates and their various applications)
  • 1861: Leçons sur la théorie analytique de la chaleur (Lessons on the analytical theory of heat)


Also known as

Full name with honorific: Père de Gabriel Léon Jean Baptiste Lamé.

Sometimes misrepresented as Gabrielle Lamé, but that is a mistake.


Sources

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