Denis Henrion

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Denis (sometimes Didier) Henrion, was a French mathematician born at the end of the 16th century in France.[1] He co-edited the works of Viète. He died around 1632 in Paris.

Contributions

Henrion wrote a tract concerning logarithms.[2]

He translated Euclid's Elements from Latin into French.

He published Problemata nobilissima duo (Paris, 1616), a book against Marin Ghetaldi and attacking Viète and Regiomontanus. Later reorganized, the book was republished by its author.

Works (selection)

Original works

Translations

References

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  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. Glaisher writes that Henrion, Adriaan Vlacq, and Ezechiel de Decker were rivals for being "the first foreigner who published Briggian logarithms"; he notes Henrion's Traicté des Logarithmes (Paris, 1926).
  3. "D.H.P.E.M" stands for "Denis Henrion, professeur ès mathématiques"
  4. "Jean de Mont-Royal" is Regiomontanus.

See also

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