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Frans van Schooten ([sko:t'n]), latinisé en Franciscus a Schooten (né en 1615 à Leyde – mort le 29 mai 1660 à Leyde), mathématicien néerlandais, fut l'éditeur des œuvres de François Viète et le premier promoteur de la géométrie algébrique de René Descartes.
Van Schooten's father, Frans van Schooten Senior was a professor of mathematics at the University of Leiden, having Christiaan Huygens, Johann van Waveren Hudde, and René de Sluze as students. Van Schooten met Descartes in 1632 and read his Géométrie (an appendix to his Discours de la méthode ) while it was still unpublished.
Frans van Schooten (1615-1660) : œuvres (24 ressources dans data.bnf.fr) Œuvres textuelles (23) "Renati Des Cartes Geometria" (1990) de René Descartes avec Frans van Schooten (1615-1660) comme Auteur du commentaire "Renati Des Cartes geometria" (1695) de René Descartes avec Frans van Schooten (1615-1660) comme Éditeur scientifique
May 29, 2013 · 29 May 1660. Leiden, Netherlands. Summary. Frans van Schooten was a Dutch mathematician who was one of the main people to promote the spread of Cartesian geometry. View three larger pictures. Biography. Frans van Schooten's name can also be written as Frans van Schoten or Frans Verschooten.
Schooten maintained a wide correspondence, especially with Descartes. First in Paris and then in London (1641-3) he made the acquaintance of mathematical circles, with which he maintained a correspondence that is now lost. Sources. J.E. Hofmann, "Frans van Schooten der Jüngere," Boethius, 2 (1962). Nieuw Nederlandsch Biographisch Woordenboek.
This enhancement of Descartes' work was primarily carried out by Frans van Schooten, a professor of mathematics at Leiden and his students. Van Schooten published a Latin version of La Géométrie in 1649 and this was followed by three other editions in 1659−1661, 1683 and 1693. The 1659−1661 edition was a two volume work more than twice ...
Frans van Schooten jr. (1615-1660) was one of the most influential Dutch mathematicians of the seventeenth century. He is best known for his two Latin editions (1649, 1659-61) of the Géométrie (1637) of Descartes, which originally appeared in French as an appendix to the Discours de la Methode. This thesis ... read more.
