Girard Desargues

Girard Desargues
Born(1591-02-21)21 February 1591
Lyon, France
DiedSeptember 1661 (aged 70)
Lyon
Known forDesarguesian plane, non-Desarguesian plane, Desargues' theorem, Desargues graph, Desargues configuration, Desargues (crater)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics

Girard Desargues (French: [ʒiʁaʁ dezaʁɡ]; 21 February 1591 – September 1661) was a French mathematician and engineer, who is considered one of the founders of projective geometry.[1] Desargues' theorem, the Desargues graph, and the crater Desargues on the Moon are named in his honour.

Pratique du trait a preuves (1643)
  1. ^ Swinden, B.A. "Geometry and Girard Desargues". The Mathematical Gazette. Vol. 34, No. 310 (Dec., 1950) p. 253