Mydorge

Claude Mydorge

Born: 1585 in Paris, France
Died: 1647 in Paris, France

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Mydorge studied geometry and physics. He published books on optics and conic sections. His work simplifies many of Apollonius's proofs.

He was interested in Mathematical Recreations and edited Récréations Mathématique. Mydorge's book Examen du livre des récréations mathématiques was published in 1630 and later books, such as one by Denis Henrion (1659) were often based on it. Mydorge left an unpublished manuscript of over 1000 geometric problems and their solutions.

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Rice University, USA

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. M Cantor, Vorlesungen über Geschichte der Mathematik II (Leipzig, 1913), 673-674, 768-769. 
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