Denis Henrion

Denis (sometimes Didier) Henrion, was a French mathematician born at the end of the 16th century in France.[1] He co-edited the works of Viète. He died around 1632 in Paris.

Contributions

Henrion wrote a tract concerning logarithms.[2]

He translated Euclid's Elements from Latin into French.

He published Problemata nobilissima duo (Paris, 1616), a book against Marin Ghetaldi and attacking Viète and Regiomontanus. Later reorganized, the book was republished by its author.

Works (selection)

Original works

Translations

References
  1. Mottelay, Paul Fleury (2008). Bibliographical History of Electricity and Magnetism. Read Books. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-4437-2844-7.
  2. Glaisher, J. W. L. (1872), "Supplementary remarks on some early logarithmic tables", The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 44. Glaisher writes that Henrion, Adriaan Vlacq, and Ezechiel de Decker were rivals for being "the first foreigner who published Briggian logarithms"; he notes Henrion's Traicté des Logarithmes (Paris, 1926).
  3. "D.H.P.E.M" stands for "Denis Henrion, professeur ès mathématiques"
  4. "Jean de Mont-Royal" is Regiomontanus.

See also
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