Claude Louis Mathieu
Claude Louis Mathieu (born November 25, 1783 in Mâcon , † March 5, 1875 in Paris ) was a French mathematician and astronomer .
Mathieu worked particularly on population statistics and distance determination. From 1817 he had a position at the Bureau des Longitudes . He later became a professor at the Collège de France and in 1829 professor at the École polytechnique . He was a member of the Académie des Sciences since 1817 . Mathieu Rock is named after him in the Antarctic .
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Claude Louis Mathieu. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
- Publications by CL Mathieu in the Astrophysics Data System
- NN: Mathieu, CL Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 36 (1876), p. 158 (obituary, English)
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SURNAME | Mathieu, Claude Louis |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French mathematician and astronomer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1783 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mâcon |
DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1875 |
Place of death | Paris |