Vincent Léotaud

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Vincent Léotaud (1595–1672) was a French Jesuit mathematician.[1][2]

Vincent Léotaud
Born1595 Edit this on Wikidata
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Died1672 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 76–77)
Embrun Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationMathematician Edit this on Wikidata
Examen circuli quadraturae (1654)

In his work Examen circuli quadraturae he affirmed the impossibility of squaring the circle, against the opinion of Grégoire de Saint-Vincent.[3][4]

Works

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  • Examen circuli quadraturae (in Latin). Vol. 1. Lyon: Guillaume Barbier. 1654.
  • Examen circuli quadraturae (in Latin). Vol. 2. Lyon: Guillaume Barbier. 1654.
  • Institutionum arithmeticarum libri quatuor (in Latin). Lyon: Guillaume Barbier. 1660.
  • Cyclomathia seu Multiplex circuli contemplatio, tribus libris comprehensa (in Latin). Lyon: Benoit Coral. 1663.
  • Magnetologia; in qua exponitur noua de magneticis philosophia (in Latin). Lyon: Laurent Anisson. 1668.

References

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  1. ^ Léotaud, Vincent (1595-1672) (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  2. ^ "Léotaud, Vincent". Consortium of European Research Libraries.
  3. ^ Robson, Eleanor; Stedall, Jacqueline, eds. (2009). The Oxford Handbook of the History of Mathematics. Oxford University Press. p. 554. ISBN 9780199213122.
  4. ^ Zupanov, Ines G., ed. (2019). The Oxford Handbook of the Jesuits. Oxford University Press. p. 650. ISBN 9780190639631.