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Swiss mathematician and astronomer

Person · Open Library

Born
1577
Died
1643
Works
3

Top works

  • Sul teorema Guldiniano
  • Pavli Gvldini ... De centro gravitatis ...
  • Pavli Gvldini Sancto-Gallensis e Societate Jesu De centro gravitatis trium specierum quanitatis continuae
  • Pavli Gvldini De centro gravitatis trium specierum quanitatis continuæ
  • Pavli Gvldini ... De centro gravitatis trium specierum quantitatis continuae

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Key facts

Born
12 June 1577, Mels , Switzerland
Died
3 November 1643 (1643-11-03) (aged 66), Graz , Austria
Other name
Habakkuk Guldin
Occupations
Jesuit , mathematician , astronomer
Known for
Guldinus theorem

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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Guldin (born Habakkuk Guldin; 12 June 1577 (Mels) – 3 November 1643 (Graz)) was a Swiss Jesuit mathematician and astronomer. He discovered the Guldinus theorem to determine the surface and the volume of a solid of revolution. (This theorem is also known as the Pappus–Guldinus theorem and Pappus's centroid theorem, attributed to Pappus of Alexandria.) Guldin was noted for his association with the German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler. Guldin composed a critique of Cavalieri's method of Indivisibles.

Although of Jewish descent, his parents were Protestants and they brought Guldin up in that faith. He was a professor of mathematics in Graz and Vienna.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paul Guldin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.