projective geometry. Desargues' theorem, the Desargues graph, and the crater Desargues on the Moon are named in his honour. Born in Lyon, Desargues came from a...
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In projective geometry, Desargues's theorem, named after Girard Desargues, states: Two triangles are in perspective axially if and only if they are in...
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graph theory, the Desargues graph is a distance-transitive, cubic graph with 20 vertices and 30 edges. It is named after Girard Desargues, arises from several...
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Girard may refer to: Girard, Alabama Girard, Georgia Girard, Illinois Girard, Kansas Girard, Michigan Girard, Minnesota Girard, Ohio Girard, Pennsylvania...
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named after Girard Desargues. The Desargues configuration can be constructed in two dimensions from the points and lines occurring in Desargues's theorem...
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satisfy Desargues' theorem (named after Girard Desargues), or in other words a plane that is not a Desarguesian plane. The theorem of Desargues is true...
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as above. These planes are called Desarguesian planes, named after Girard Desargues. The real (or complex) projective plane and the projective plane of...
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astronomical work) Edmund Gunter (1581–1686) Girard Desargues (1591–1661) – projective geometry; Desargues' theorem René Descartes (1596–1650) – invented...
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of this period was the systematic study of projective geometry by Girard Desargues (1591–1661). Projective geometry studies properties of shapes which...
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point' or more literally the 'turning point' such as in a whirlpool. Girard Desargues defined the vertical to be perpendicular to the horizon in his 1636...
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drawing, and ultimately to the mathematics of projective geometry of Girard Desargues and Jean-Victor Poncelet. The Japanese paper-folding art of origami...
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synthesis in the research of the architect, geometer, and optician Girard Desargues on perspective, optics and projective geometry. The Vitruvian Man by...
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geometry include: Projective geometry, introduced in the 16th century by Girard Desargues, extends Euclidean geometry by adding points at infinity at which parallel...
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the concept of limits. Kepler first used the term 'foci' in 1604. Girard Desargues and Blaise Pascal developed a theory of conics using an early form...
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– Jacques Derrida (as in Derridean deconstruction) desarguesian – Girard Desargues (as in desarguesian plane) Dickensian – Charles Dickens Dickinsonian...
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study painting. Upon his return to Paris, he became a disciple of Girard Desargues from whom he learned geometrical perspective and was received as a...
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+ 1 (a line), or x2 + y2 = 7 (a circle). Also in the 17th century, Girard Desargues, motivated by the theory of perspective, introduced the concept of...
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everything he saw during the siege. He also met French mathematician Girard Desargues. In the autumn of that year, in the residence of the papal nuncio Guidi...
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of chance when he encountered the work of Fermat, Blaise Pascal and Girard Desargues. It was Blaise Pascal who encourages him to write Van Rekeningh in...
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Archive J. V. Field and J. J. Gray (1987) The Geometrical Work of Girard Desargues, (New York: Springer), p. 54 Ivor Thomas (editor) (1980) Selections...
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philosopher (physicist) Guillaume Delisle (1675–1726), cartographer Girard Desargues (1591–1661), mathematician René Descartes (1596–1650), scientist and...
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Kepler (1571–1630) and Girard Desargues (1591–1661) independently developed the concept of the "point at infinity". Desargues developed an alternative...
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mathematical and optical research of the celebrated architect and geometer Girard Desargues, with an emphasis on his studies on conics, perspective and projective...
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Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Dürer, Wenzel Jamnitzer, Abraham Bosse, Girard Desargues, and Père Nicon. Flocon was delighted by Escher's Grafiek en tekeningen...
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Similarity Zonotope Projective geometry Arc (projective geometry) Desargues' theorem Girard Desargues Desarguesian plane Line at infinity Point at infinity Plane...
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engravings. In 1641, he began to attend classes given by the architect Girard Desargues (1591–1661) on perspective and other technical aspects of depiction...
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Antonio Sabino, Italian composer (d. 1650) February 21 (or March 2) – Girard Desargues, French mathematician (d. 1661) February 25 – Friedrich von Spee, German...
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Press/Harvard University Press. O'Connor, John J; Edmund F. Robertson "Gérard Desargues". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Rao, C. Radhakrishna (1992)...
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Prevost and Vieth and Muller. The horopter was then used by architect Girard Desargues, who in 1639 published a remarkable treatise on the conic sections...
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River and Orinoco River basins, is first encountered by Europeans Girard Desargues introduces the concept of infinity into geometry. April 12 – Martin...
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