Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac
Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac (born October 9, 1581 in Bourg-en-Bresse , † February 26, 1638 ) was a French mathematician .
Life
Bachet was a pupil and friend of the Jesuit mathematician Jacques de Billy (1602–1679) in the Jesuit College of Reims and wrote an interesting collection of arithmetic tricks and questions from entertainment mathematics , the Problèmes plaisans et délectables, qui se font par les nombres , the first edition of which appeared in 1612, the second and expanded edition in 1624. One of the puzzles was e.g. B .: "What must the dimensions of the four standard weights of a beam balance be in order to be able to weigh all integer weights from 1 to 40 grams?"
In 1621 he also translated the Arithmetica of Diophant of Alexandria from Greek into Latin and provided it with comments. In this Fermat wrote his famous marginal note to prove the later so-called Great Theorem . Bachet also dealt with the solution of indefinite equations, with number theory and the construction of magic squares . An equation from the field of number theory, the Bachet equation , is named after him.
In 1601 he became a member of the Jesuit Order for a year, married in 1612 and in 1635 he was elected a member of the French Academy .
Fonts
- Problèmes plaisans et delectables, qui se font par les nombres: Partie recueillis de diuers autheurs, & inuentez de nouueau auec leur demonstration. Tres-vtiles pour toutes sortes de personnes curieuses, qui se seruent d'Arithmetique. Lyon: Pierre Rigaud, 1612 . 2 1624 .
- Diophanti Alexandrini Arithmeticorvm Libri Sex. Et De Nvmeris Mvltangvlis Liber Vnvs. Nunc primum Graece & Latine editi atque absolutissimis Commentariis illustrati. Paris: Hieronymous Drovart, 1621.
See also
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
- Spektrum.de: Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac (1581–1638) October 1, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information and communication in the past and present ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The ternary system (PDF; 209 kB)
- ↑ Magic Squares: History
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bachet de Méziriac, Claude Gaspard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1581 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bourg-en-Bresse |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1638 |
| Place of death | Bourg-en-Bresse |