Christlieb von Clausberg

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Christlieb von Clausberg (also Claussberg ; born December 27, 1689 in Danzig ; † June 6, 1751 in Copenhagen ) was a German mathematician .

Originally from a Jewish family Clausberg was in 1719 from studies at the University of Altdorf relegated . Until his conversion to the Protestant faith in 1729 he was a teacher of Hebrew and arithmetic in his native city of Danzig. From 1729 he was arithmetic master in Leipzig, Hamburg and Lübeck. In 1733 Clausberg went to Copenhagen as a teacher of the Danish Crown Prince , where he later, from 1740, as a State Councilor, he ran the private treasury of King Christian VI. managed. In 1746 he was dismissed from civil service.

Clausberg, who was considered one of the best calculators of his time, advocated a reform of contemporary mathematics teaching, in which he also included practical applications such as coinage and commercial calculations such as compound interest . His work Demonstrative Arithmetic Art first appeared in 1732 and was reprinted several times, even after his death.

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  • C. von Clausberg's demonstrative art of arithmetic, or science, to calculate thoroughly and briefly, in which not only both the common and all sorts of beneficial types of invoices in general, along with very compendious samples, but also the bills of exchange, arbitrage and other commercial invoices in a strange way , Brief manner, thoroughly and clearly, Anbey a description of the European coins, types of exchange and customs , also comparison of the weights and Ellen-Maasse, no less the true calculation of the Interusurii, as well as different other mathematical and curious calculations, also a sample a new logarithmic table made up to 32 digits u. is presented for the benefit. drawn up in four parts . Breitkopf, Leipzig 1732 ( online ).
    4th edition 1772, 5th edition 1795.
  • Conversations in the realm of truth, between a Dane, a Lüneburg resident, and a few Hamburgers, the Müntz innovations introduced by this city in 1726, and now on the same alleged justification in a recently published message concerning the equity and general usability given ... [ Without place], 1735.

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