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Gérard Desargues
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French mathematician and engineer
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1591-02-21 ) 21 February 1591, Lyon , France
- Died
- September 1661 (aged 70), Lyon, France
- Known for
- Desarguesian plane , non-Desarguesian plane , Desargues's theorem , Desargues graph , Desargues configuration , Desargues (crater)
- Fields
- Mathematics
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Place of birth
- Kingdom of France
- Place of death
- Lyon
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Languages spoken
- French
- Notable work
- Desargues configuration
- Field of work
- architecture
- Movement
- Baroque
- Image
- Girard Desargues by Théobald Chartran (c. 1855) (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Lyon
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- Girard Desargues
- date of birth
- 1591-01-01
- date of death
- 1661-01-01
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- Girard Desargues
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Encyclopedic overview
Girard Desargues ( French: [ʒiʁaʁ dezaʁɡ]; 21 February 1591 – September 1661) was a French mathematician and engineer, who is considered one of the founders of projective geometry. Desargues's theorem, the Desargues graph, and the crater Desargues on the Moon are named in his honour.
Pratique du trait a preuves (1643)
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