Girard Desargues
1591 - 1661
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Girard Desargues was a French mathematician who was a founder of projective geometry. His work centred on the theory of conic sections and perspective.
Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Girard Desargues (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Lunar features | Crater Desargues |
| Paris street names | Rue Desargues (11th Arrondissement) |
Other Web sites
- University of Minnesota (Desargues theorem and its relationship to one of Monge's geometry theorems)
- Mathematical Genealogy Project
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