Mathematician:Johannes van Waveren Hudde

Mathematician

Dutch mathematician, who was also at one time the mayor of Amsterdam and governor of the Dutch East India Company.

Organised the regulation of the waterways of Amsterdam, in the process making major steps towards improvements in sanitation.

Collaborated on a translation into Latin of La Géométrie by René Descartes.

Nationality

Dutch

History

• Born: 23 April 1628, Amsterdam, Holland (now Netherlands)
• Died: 15 April 1704, Amsterdam, Holland (now Netherlands)

Theorems and Definitions

• Hudde's Rules

Publications

• 1656: Specilla circularia etc.

• 1658: Epistola Secunda, de Maximis et Minimis (The Second Letter, concerning Maxima and Minima)

• 1661: Volume 2 of the Expansion of Frans van Schooten's commentaries on La Géométrie by René Descartes (with Johan de Witt and Hendrik van Heuraet)

Also known as

Usually referred to as Johannes Hudde, but also rendered Johann Hudde or Jan Hudde.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Johannes van Waveren Hudde": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 1971: Allan Clark: Elements of Abstract Algebra ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction