Marin Mersenne

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Catholic priest human mathematician minim friar music theorist theologian

Marin Mersenne was a 17th-century French mathematician, theologian, and music theorist best known for his work on number theory (including Mersenne primes) and for serving as a central hub of correspondence among leading scientists of his time.

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Marin Mersenne canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
minim friar ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
birthDate 1588-09-08 ⓘ
birthPlace Briollay ⓘ
surface form: Maine, France

Oizé, Sarthe, France ⓘ
correspondedWith Blaise Pascal ⓘ
Constantijn Huygens ⓘ
Evangelista Torricelli ⓘ
Galileo Galilei ⓘ
Gilles Personne de Roberval ⓘ
Pierre de Fermat ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
deathDate 1648-09-01 ⓘ
deathPlace Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
educatedAt Collège royal ⓘ
surface form: Collège Royal de France

Jesuit College of La Flèche ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
familyName Mersenne ⓘ
fieldOfWork music theory ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
number theory ⓘ
theology ⓘ
formulated Mersenne’s laws of vibrating strings ⓘ
surface form: Mersenne’s laws relating frequency, length, and tension of a string
givenName Marin ⓘ
influenced Blaise Pascal ⓘ
Christiaan Huygens ⓘ
Gilles Personne de Roberval ⓘ
Pierre de Fermat ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Galileo Galilei ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
knownFor Mersenne ⓘ
surface form: Mersenne primes

Mersenne’s laws of vibrating strings ⓘ
correspondence network among 17th-century scientists ⓘ
work in acoustics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
memberOf Order of Minims ⓘ
name Marin Mersenne self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableWork Cogitata physico-mathematica ⓘ
Harmonie universelle ⓘ
La Vérité des sciences ⓘ
Quaestiones celeberrimae in Genesim ⓘ
Traité de l’harmonie universelle ⓘ
occupation Catholic priest ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
proposed definition of Mersenne primes as primes of the form 2^p − 1 where p is prime ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
residence Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
studied acoustics of musical instruments ⓘ
perfect numbers ⓘ
prime numbers ⓘ
vibrating strings ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pierre de Fermat → notableColleague → Marin Mersenne ⓘ
Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Flèche → notableStudent → Marin Mersenne ⓘ
Pierre de Carcavi → correspondentOf → Marin Mersenne ⓘ
Marin Mersenne → name → Marin Mersenne self-link ⓘ
Objections and Replies → hasContributor → Marin Mersenne ⓘ
Theodor Haak → correspondent of → Marin Mersenne ⓘ