Mathematician:Pierre Ossian Bonnet

Mathematician

French mathematician who made some important contributions to the differential geometry of surfaces.

Mainly known for the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: 22 December 1819 in Montpellier, France
• 1838: Entered the École Polytechnique in Paris
• Died: 22 June 1892 in Paris, France

Theorems and Definitions

• Bonnet-Myers Theorem (with Sumner Byron Myers)
• Gauss-Bonnet Theorem (with Carl Friedrich Gauss)
  • Chern-Gauss-Bonnet Theorem (with Shiing-Shen Chern and Carl Friedrich Gauss)

Results named for Pierre Ossian Bonnet can be found here.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Pierre Ossian Bonnet": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive