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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.
May 29, 2013 · Born. 15 May 1615. Leiden, Netherlands. Died. 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.
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.
Frans van Schooten 1615-1660 Dutch mathematician who translated and published René Descartes' Géométrie into Latin and trained a large number of students to give an algebraic treatment of geometry in the Cartesian style, including Jan de Witt and Christiaan Huygens .
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 ...
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P REFACE TO EOMETRIA A R ENATO D A MSTERDAM, 1649) 1 Frans Van Schooten (1615-1660) PREFACE TO. GEOMETRIA A RENATO DESCARTES (AMSTERDAM, 1649) It is now twelve years, kind Reader, since that most noble and incomparable man, René Descartes, anonymously published his Geometry in French, together with certain others of his philosophical writings.
Feb 24, 2023 · Frans van Schooten Jr. was a Dutch mathematician who left an indelible mark in the world of mathematics. He was born on 15 May 1615, in Leiden, Dutch Republic, and passed away on 29 May 1660, in the same place.
