Jean-Victor Poncelet
1788-1867
French Mathematician
Jean-Victor Poncelet was one of the founders of projective geometry. He was born on July 1, 1788, in Metz, France, and grew up to become
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Poncelet was the illegitimate son of a well-off landowner and lawyer. He was sent to live with a family in Saint-Avold, France, who took on the responsibility of educating him. Poncelet returned to hi...
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Regarded as one of the fathers of modern projective geometry, Jean-Victor Poncelet's development of the concept of poles and polar lines, in the context of conics, was the forerunner of the principle ...
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Jean-Victor Poncelet
Jean Victor Poncelet
Jean-Victor Poncelet
