Girard Desargues and Projective Geometry
Overview
In 1639 Girard Desargues (1591-1661), a military engineer and architect, published the Brouillon project d'une atteinte aux événement...
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Girard Desargues
1591-1661
French Mathematician
The significance of Girard Desargues's work did not become apparent until long after his death; indeed, at the time of his passing in 1661, it wo...
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Little regarded in his own time, Girard Desargues developed a treatise and theorem that formed the basis for the development of projective geometry, breaking with the straight Euclidian traditions tha...
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Girard Desargues and Projective Geometry
Girard Desargues