Claude Mydorge (1585 – July 1647) was a French
mathematician
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. His primary contributions were in
geometry
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and
physics
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.
Mydorge served on a scientific committee (whose members included
Pierre Hérigone
Pierre Hérigone (Latinized as Petrus Herigonius) (1580–1643) was a French mathematician and astronomer.
Of Basque origin, Hérigone taught in Paris for most of his life.
Works
Only one work by Hérigone is known to exist: ''Cursus mathematicu ...
and
Étienne Pascal
Étienne Pascal (; 2 May 1588 – 24 September 1651) was a French chief tax officer and the father of Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).
Biography
Pascal was born in Clermont to Martin Pascal, the treasurer of France, and Marguerite Pascal de Mons. H ...
) set up to determine whether
Jean-Baptiste Morin's scheme for determining
longitude
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from the Moon's motion was practical.
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1585 births
1647 deaths
17th-century French mathematicians
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