Mathematician:Giovanni Domenico Cassini
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Mathematician
Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer.
Most of his important discoveries were in the field of astronomy.
Not to be confused with his son, also called Jean-Dominique Cassini.
Nationality
Italian/French
History
- Born: 8 June 1625, Perinaldo, Republic of Genoa (now Italy)
- Died: 14 Sept 1712 in Paris, France
Theorems and Definitions
Results named for Giovanni Domenico Cassini can be found here.
Definitions of concepts named for Giovanni Domenico Cassini can be found here.
Publications
- 1656: Specimen observationum Bononiensium
Also known as
Also known as Giandomenico Cassini or Jean-Dominique Cassini.
Sources
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Giovanni Domenico Cassini": 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): Cassini's ovals
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Cassini's ovals