Albert Ribaucour

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Albert Ribaucour (born November 28, 1845 in Lille , † September 13, 1893 in Philippeville , Algeria ) was a French civil engineer and mathematician .

Ribaucour studied from 1865 at the École polytechnique and from 1867 at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées . He then worked as an engineer from 1870 on the Rochefort naval base , from 1873 in Draguignan , from 1878 in Aix-en-Provence and from 1886 in Algeria .

In his free time, he dealt with mathematics, especially with differential geometry and especially with minimal surfaces .

Works

  • 1870: Sur la déformation des surfaces, Comptes Rendus, 70, p. 330
  • 1872: Note sur les développées des surfaces, Comptes Rendus, 74, p. 1399
  • 1872: Sur la théorie des lignes de courbure, Comptes Rendus, 74, p. 1489
  • 1872: Sur la théorie des lignes de courbure, Comptes Rendus, 74, p. 1570
  • 1873: Sur les systèmes cycliques, Comptes Rendus, 76, p. 478
  • 1873: Sur les faisceaux de cercles, Comptes Rendus, 76, p. 830
  • 1880: Étude des Élassoïdes ou Surfaces A Courbure Moyenne Nulle (award publication for the Belgian Academy of Sciences)

literature

  • Bernard Rouxel: L'Œuvre Mathématique D'Albert Ribaucour . In: Archive for History of Exact Sciences . 23, No. 2, 1980, pp. 159-177. doi : 10.1007 / BF00329927 .
  • Entry in Gottwald, Ilgauds, Schlote Lexicon of important mathematicians , Leipzig 1990

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personal data
SURNAME Ribaucour, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French civil engineer and mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Lille
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1893
Place of death Philippeville , Algeria