Franco of Liege
Franco von Lüttich (* between 1015 and 1020; † around 1083 ) was one of the most important mathematicians of the European 11th century .
life and work
Franco studied under Adelmann (1000-1061) in Liège , where in 1066 he became head of the cathedral school . He wrote computist treatises, the so-called "Geometry II of Pseudo-Boethius", which was written around 1035/47 and contained the first four books of the elements of Euclid , was ascribed to him. The best-known work of Franco, however, is his treatise on the squaring of the circle , a work of six books that was written before 1050.
literature
- P. Butzer, HT Jongen, W. Oberschelp (Ed.): Charlemagne and his aftermath. 1200 Years of Culture and Science in Europe, Vol. 2: Mathematical Knowledge . Turnhout 1997, p. 56 f.
- Hans Jürgen Rieckenberg: Franco. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 332 ( digitized version ).
- AJEM Smeur: Franco of Liege . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 4, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-7608-8904-2 , Sp. 687.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Franco of Liege |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | European mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1015 and 1020 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1083 |