Mathematician:Lorenzo Mascheroni
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Mathematician
Professor of mathematics at Pavia.
Wrote Geometria del Compasso, published in $1797$, in which he showed that any geometrical construction that can be made with compasses and straightedge can also be achieved by using only compasses.
This had, however, already been demonstrated by Georg Mohr in $1672$.
Published in his $1790$ work Adnotationes ad Calculum Integrale Euleri a calculation to $32$ places of the value of what is now known as the Euler-Mascheroni Constant.
However, only the first $19$ places were accurate. The rest were corrected in $1809$ by Johann von Soldner.
Nationality
Italian
History
- Born: May 13, 1750, near Bergamo, Lombardy
- Died: July 14, 1800, Paris, France
Theorems and Definitions
- Mohr-Mascheroni Theorem (independently of Georg Mohr)
- Euler-Mascheroni Constant
- Mascheroni Construction
Results named for Lorenzo Mascheroni can be found here.
Definitions of concepts named for Lorenzo Mascheroni can be found here.
Publications
- 1790: Adnotationes ad Calculum Integrale Euleri
- 1797: Geometria del Compasso
Sources
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Lorenzo Mascheroni": 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): Mascheroni, Lorenzo (1750-1800)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Mascheroni, Lorenzo (1750-1800)