Grégoire de Saint-Vincent

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Grégoire de Saint-Vincent

Grégoire de Saint-Vincent , Latin: Gregorius a Sancto Vincentio , Dutch: Gregorius van St-Vincent (born September 8, 1584 in Bruges , † January 27, 1667 in Gent ) was a Flemish mathematician and Jesuit . He is the discoverer of the decadal logarithm . However, the discovery of the decadal logarithm is partially attributed to Alphonse Antonio de Sarasa .

biography

In 1600 he studied at the Université de Douai . Saint-Vincent became a novice to the Jesuits in Rome in 1605 . At the time he was the protégé of the mathematician Christophorus Clavius and an enthusiastic admirer of Galileo Galilei . In 1612 Saint Vincent stayed in Rome until the death of Christophorus Clavius. Saint-Vincent returned to Flanders, founded the School of Mathematics of Antwerp , became a professor in Antwerp (1617-1620) and in Leuven (1621-1625). During this period he wrote his magnum opus , the opus geometricum quadraturae circuli et sectionum coni divided into ten books , published in 1647. In Antwerp he was the teacher of Jean-Charles de la Faille , a Flemish Jesuit and mathematician.

Works

Opus geometricum posthumum , 1668
  • Cometis. 1616.
  • Theoremata mathematice scientiae staticae. 1624.
  • Opus geometricum quadraturae circuli et sectionum coni decem libris comprehensum. Antwerp 1647. Full text
  • Opus geometricum ad mesolabum per rationum proportionalitatumque novas proprietates. Gent 1668. Full text on Google Books

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ RP Burn: Alphonse Antonio de Sarasa and Logarithms. In: Historia Mathematica. Volume 28, 2001, pp. 1-17. doi : 10.1006 / hmat.2000.2295
personal data
SURNAME Saint-Vincent, Grégoire de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sancto Vincentio, Gregorius a (Latin); St-Vincent, Gregorius van (Dutch)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish mathematician and Jesuit
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1584
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruges
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1667
Place of death Ghent