Vincent Léotaud

Vincent Léotaud (1595–1672) was a French Jesuit mathematician.[1][2]

In his work Examen circuli quadraturae he affirmed the impossibility of squaring the circle, against the opinion of Grégoire de Saint-Vincent.[3][4]

Works

  • Examen circuli quadraturae (in Latin). Vol. 1. Lyon: Guillaume Barbier. 1654.
  • Examen circuli quadraturae (in Latin). Vol. 2. Lyon: Guillaume Barbier. 1654.
  • Institutionum arithmeticarum libri quatuor (in Latin). Lyon: Guillaume Barbier. 1660.
  • Cyclomathia seu Multiplex circuli contemplatio, tribus libris comprehensa (in Latin). Lyon: Benoit Coral. 1663.
  • Magnetologia; in qua exponitur noua de magneticis philosophia (in Latin). Lyon: Laurent Anisson. 1668.

References

  1. ↑ Léotaud, Vincent (1595-1672) (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  2. ↑ "Léotaud, Vincent". Consortium of European Research Libraries.
  3. ↑ Robson, Eleanor; Stedall, Jacqueline, eds. (2009). The Oxford Handbook of the History of Mathematics. Oxford University Press. p. 554. ISBN 9780199213122.
  4. ↑ Zupanov, Ines G., ed. (2019). The Oxford Handbook of the Jesuits. Oxford University Press. p. 650. ISBN 9780190639631.


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