Maurice Princet

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Maurice Princet was a French mathematician known as the “mathematician of Cubism” for introducing avant-garde artists to non-Euclidean geometry and the fourth dimension.

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instanceOf human
mathematician
associatedWith Bateau-Lavoir circle NERFINISHED
Montmartre artistic community NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
fieldOfWork four-dimensional geometry
geometry
mathematics
non-Euclidean geometry
gender male
hasNotableAlias le mathématicien du cubisme NERFINISHED
influenced Albert Gleizes NERFINISHED
Georges Braque NERFINISHED
Jean Metzinger NERFINISHED
Pablo Picasso NERFINISHED
avant-garde artists in Paris
inspired development of Cubist pictorial space
knownFor linking modern art and advanced geometry
popularizing Poincaré’s ideas among artists
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement Cubism
nickname mathematician of Cubism
notableFor introducing avant-garde artists to non-Euclidean geometry
introducing avant-garde artists to the concept of the fourth dimension
occupation mathematician
placeOfActivity Paris NERFINISHED
usedConcept fourth dimension
hyperspace
non-Euclidean geometry NERFINISHED

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Section d'Or hasMember Maurice Princet