Gilles Personne de Roberval

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Gilles Personne de Roberval was a 17th-century French mathematician known for his work on geometry, the method of indivisibles, and early developments in integral calculus.

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instanceOf human
mathematician
alsoKnownAs Gilles de Roberval NERFINISHED
birthDate 1602-08-10
birthPlace France NERFINISHED
Picardy NERFINISHED
Roberval, Oise NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 17th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
deathDate 1675-10-27
deathPlace France
Paris
describedBySource biographical dictionaries of mathematicians
historical works on the history of calculus
employer Collège Royal de France NERFINISHED
era Scientific Revolution NERFINISHED
familyName Personne
fieldOfWork geometry
integral calculus
mathematics
method of indivisibles
givenName Gilles NERFINISHED
influenced development of integral calculus
influencedBy Bonaventura Cavalieri NERFINISHED
knownFor Roberval balance NERFINISHED
Roberval’s method of tangents NERFINISHED
early work in integral calculus
method of indivisibles
quadrature of curves
work on cycloids
languageOfWork French
Latin
memberOf Académie Parisienne NERFINISHED
nationality French
notableIdea construction of tangents via motion of curves
geometric interpretation of indivisibles
positionHeld chair of Ramus in mathematics at the Collège Royal de France
professor of mathematics at the Collège Royal de France
workedOn areas under curves
centers of gravity
cycloidal curves
mechanics

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