EXCHANGED PORTRAIT AND FICTITIOUS MATHEMATICAL CONSTANT OF ADRIEN-MARIE LEGENDRE AFTER YEARS (Zamieniony portret i fikcyjna stala matematyczna Adrien-Marie Legendre po latach)

• Authors: Maslanka Krzysztof
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The present essay includes a few reflections on eminent French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752-1833) in the light of the newest and surprising discoveries connected with his imaginary portrait and in the context of a certain result of the theory of numbers that at the beginning was said to be a significant revelation, and, at last, turned out to be unimportant.

Keywords

EN

HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS; LEGENDRE ADRIEN-MARIE; NUMBERS' THEORY

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Nauki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 69-84
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Maslanka Krzysztof

• Krzysztof Maslanka, Instytut Historii Nauki PAN, ul. Nowy Swiat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA085322