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Fields. Mathematics. Frans van Schooten Jr. also rendered as Franciscus van Schooten (15 May 1615, Leiden – 29 May 1660, Leiden) was a Dutch mathematician who is most known for popularizing the analytic geometry of René Descartes .
Autres informations. 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 .
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Frans van Schooten (* 1615, Leiden, Holanda; † 29 de mayo de 1660, ibíd.) fue un matemático holandés que debe su fama al desarrollo y explicación de las nuevas ideas matemáticas contenidas en La Géométrie de René Descartes que dieron origen a la geometría analítica .
May 29, 2013 · Frans van Schooten was a Dutch mathematician who was one of the main people to promote the spread of Cartesian geometry.
In 1649, Frans van Schooten (1615–1660), a Dutch mathematician, published a Latin translation of Descartes’ Geometry, adding his own clarifying explanations and commentaries. Descartes’ friend and colleague, Florimond de Beaune (1601–1652), contributed an introduction to this edition.
Other articles where Frans van Schooten is discussed: mathematics: Analytic geometry: …became established in Leiden around Frans van Schooten, a Dutch mathematician who edited and published in 1649 a Latin translation of La Géométrie. Van Schooten published a second two-volume translation of the same work in 1659–1661 that also contained mathematical appendixes by three of his disciples ...
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.
