Mathematician:Germinal Pierre Dandelin

Mathematician

French mathematician, soldier, and professor of engineering, best known for Dandelin spheres.

Close friend of Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: 12 April 1794 in Le Bourget, near Paris, France
• Died: 15 February 1847 in Brussels, Belgium

Theorems and Definitions

• Dandelin Spheres
• Dandelin's Theorem
• Dandelin-Gräffe Numerical Method (with Karl Heinrich Gräffe)

Results named for Germinal Pierre Dandelin can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Germinal Pierre Dandelin can be found here.

Publications

• 1817: Sur quelque parties de la géométrie
• 1822: Mémoire sur quelque propriétés de la focale parabolique
• 1826: Sur l'hyperboloide de révolution et sur les hexagones de Pascal et de Brianchon
• 1826: Recherches sur la résolution des équations numériques
• 1827: Mémoire sur l'emploi des projections stéréographiques en géométrie

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Germinal Pierre Dandelin": 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): Dandelin sphere
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Dandelin sphere