Carcavi Pierre de Carcavi. Born 1600 in Lyon, France Died April 1684 in Paris, France.Show birthplace location. Pierre de Carcavi received no university education. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Carcavi.html
Extractions: Pierre de Carcavi received no university education. He was a counsellor to the parliament of Toulouse from 1632 until 1636. In fact he first met Fermat in 1632 when they were both members of the Parliament in Toulouse and they remained friends. In 1636 Carcavi bought an office of counsellor in the Grand Conseil in Paris. In 1648, however, hard times struck and he was forced to sell the office to pay for the debts of his father (who had been a banker). After this he worked for the Duke of Liancourt until 1663. In that year he was appointed Custodian of the Royal Library, a post he held for 20 years until shortly before his death. Carcavi is best known for his correspondence with other mathematicians rather than for his own mathematics. He was friends with Huygens Fermat (as mentioned above) and Pascal and corresponded with them. Fermat sent many of his works to Carcavi after he moved to Paris in 1636. In 1650
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Extractions: To save space, files are saved in gzipped format. To view, copy them into your own area and gunzip them. In case of difficulty, send an e-mail ABBREVIATIONS USED DSB , 6-9; ESS From p.242 in S M Stigler, Mathematical statistics in the early states, Annals of Statistics (1978), 239-275, reprinted in S M Stigler and I M Cohen (ed.), American Contributions to Mathematical Statistics in the Nineteenth Century , New York, NY: Arno Publishing Company 1980 (SF STI). DSB , 65-66; DAB From fig.1 in A J Meadow
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Extractions: Carcavi [Carcavy], Pierre de Note: the creators of the Galileo Project and this catalogue cannot answer email on genealogical questions. 1. Dates Born: Lyon, c. 1600 (Index says c. 1603) Died: Paris, April 1684 Dateinfo: Birth Uncertain Lifespan: 2. Father Occupation: Merchant His father was a banker. Carcavi had enough wealth to purchase an office of counsellor in the Grand Conseil in Paris in 1636. Later he had to sell it to pay his father's debts, but I do not see how to doubt that he grew up in circumstances at least affluent. 3. Nationality Birth: French Career: French Death: French 4. Education Schooling: No University 5. Religion Affiliation: Catholic 6. Scientific Disciplines Primary: Mathematics 7. Means of Support Primary: Government, Personal Means, Patronage Counsellor of the Parlement of Toulouse, 1632-1636. Member of the Grand Conseil at Paris, 1636-1648. (He bought the office in 1636, and was forced to sell it in order to pay his father's debts in 1648.) Served the Duke of Liancourt, 1648-1663. Classified Colbert's library, 1663.
Fermat now held he became entitled to change his name from pierre Fermat to pierre de Fermat movedto Toulouse but there he gained a new mathematical friend in carcavi http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Fermat.html
Extractions: Pierre Fermat 's father was a wealthy leather merchant and second consul of Beaumont- de- Lomagne. Pierre had a brother and two sisters and was almost certainly brought up in the town of his birth. Although there is little evidence concerning his school education it must have been at the local Franciscan monastery. He attended the University of Toulouse before moving to Bordeaux in the second half of the 1620s. In Bordeaux he began his first serious mathematical researches and in 1629 he gave a copy of his restoration of Apollonius 's Plane loci to one of the mathematicians there. Certainly in Bordeaux he was in contact with Beaugrand Pierre de Fermat. For the remainder of his life he lived in Toulouse but as well as working there he also worked in his home town of Beaumont-de-Lomagne and a nearby town of Castres. From his appointment on 14 May 1631 Fermat worked in the lower chamber of the parliament but on 16 January 1638 he was appointed to a higher chamber, then in 1652 he was promoted to the highest level at the criminal court. Still further promotions seem to indicate a fairly meteoric rise through the profession but promotion was done mostly on seniority and the plague struck the region in the early 1650s meaning that many of the older men died. Fermat himself was struck down by the plague and in 1653 his death was wrongly reported, then corrected:-
Carcavi Biography of pierre de carcavi (16001684) pierre de carcavi. Born 1600 in Lyon, France Main index. pierre de carcavi received no university education http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Carcavi.html
Extractions: Pierre de Carcavi received no university education. He was a counsellor to the parliament of Toulouse from 1632 until 1636. In fact he first met Fermat in 1632 when they were both members of the Parliament in Toulouse and they remained friends. In 1636 Carcavi bought an office of counsellor in the Grand Conseil in Paris. In 1648, however, hard times struck and he was forced to sell the office to pay for the debts of his father (who had been a banker). After this he worked for the Duke of Liancourt until 1663. In that year he was appointed Custodian of the Royal Library, a post he held for 20 years until shortly before his death. Carcavi is best known for his correspondence with other mathematicians rather than for his own mathematics. He was friends with Huygens Fermat (as mentioned above) and Pascal and corresponded with them. Fermat sent many of his works to Carcavi after he moved to Paris in 1636. In 1650
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Fermat, Pierre De Fermat, pierre de. Note the creators of the Galileo Project and this catalogue cannot He corresponded with carcavi, Brulart de Saint Martin, Mersenne, Roberval, Pascal, Huygens http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Catalog/Files/fermat.html
Extractions: Fermat, Pierre de Note: the creators of the Galileo Project and this catalogue cannot answer email on genealogical questions. 1. Dates Born: Beaumont; baptised 20 Aug. 1601 Died: Castres (somewhere near Toulouse), 12 Jan. 1665 Dateinfo: Dates Certain Lifespan: 2. Father Occupation: Merchant His father had a prosperous leather business. He was also second consul (whatever that might have been) of Beaumont. Fermat's uncle and godfather was also a merchant. His mother brought the social status of the parliamentary noblesse de la robe to the family. This certainly says at least affluence. 3. Nationality Birth: French Career: French Death: French 4. Education Schooling: Orleans, LD He received a solid classical secondary education, beginning at the convent of the Cordeliers in Beaumont (run by the Franciscans). After studying with the Franciscans, he then studied with the Jesuits. He may have attended the University of Toulouse. He obtained the degree of Bachelor of Civil Laws from the University of Orleans in 1631. I accept this as the equivalent of a B.A., and in accordance with my practice I list also the degree in law. 5. Religion
The Galileo Project carcavi Carcavy, pierre de 1. Dates Born Lyon, c. 1600 (Index says c. 1603)Died Paris, April 1684 Dateinfo Birth Uncertain Lifespan 84 2. Father http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/carcavi.html
Extractions: Carcavi [Carcavy], Pierre de 1. Dates Born: Lyon, c. 1600 (Index says c. 1603) Died: Paris, April 1684 Dateinfo: Birth Uncertain Lifespan: 2. Father Occupation: Merchant His father was a banker. Carcavi had enough wealth to purchase an office of counsellor in the Grand Conseil in Paris in 1636. Later he had to sell it to pay his father's debts, but I do not see how to doubt that he grew up in circumstances at least affluent. 3. Nationality Birth: French Career: French Death: French 4. Education Schooling: No University 5. Religion Affiliation: Catholic 6. Scientific Disciplines Primary: Mathematics 7. Means of Support Primary: Government, Personal Means, Patronage Counsellor of the Parlement of Toulouse, 1632-1636. Member of the Grand Conseil at Paris, 1636-1648. (He bought the office in 1636, and was forced to sell it in order to pay his father's debts in 1648.) Served the Duke of Liancourt, 1648-1663. Classified Colbert's library, 1663. Custodian of the Royal Library, 1663-1683. Member of the Académie from 1666 until death. 8. Patronage
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Pierre De Fermat held he became entitled to change his name from pierre Fermat to pierre de Fermat hemoved to Toulouse but there he gained a new mathematical friend in carcavi. http://www.engineering.com/content/ContentDisplay?contentId=41003022
Math 461/561 Short Biographies found her depression and subsequent suicide somewhat noteable. pierre de carcavi, submitted by Tracy N Excerpts pierre de carcavi received no university education. carcavi is best http://www.math.tntech.edu/classes/m461-97-biogs.html
Extractions: Al'Biruni's contributions to science are of major importance. He believed that the Earth rotated on its axis and made accurate calculations of latitude and longitude. In 1000 he wrote on calendars and in 1030 he wrote al Qanun al-Mas'udi which contains a collection of 23 observations of equinoxes beginning with observations by Hipparchus and Ptolemy and ending with two observations which he made himself. He also wrote a treatise on timekeeping, wrote on the astrolabe and a mechanical calendar. He makes interesting observations on the velocity of light, stating that its velocity is immense compared with that of sound. Comments: By pure luck, I found another mathemetician who contributed to the body of work that existed before the Age of Exploration that proved that the world was not flat. I still don't believe that teachers actually taught (or at least implied) that Colombus proved that the world was round. That much was already known. The only pieces missing were reliable maps of where land masses were. By-the-way, Where did Columbus get his data on the circumference of the world? Others had already calculated a much more accurate number. Nina Bari , submitted by Misty D. Waller
Pierre De Fermat pierre spent the remainder of his life in Toulouse, his career in law would andhad a few friends that he met through his hobby like Beaugrand and carcavi. http://www.edu.pe.ca/rural/grassroots/grassroots_2004/math521A3/Fermat.htm
Extractions: Pierre de Fermat Piere de Fermat was a son of a wealthy French leather merchant. He was born in Lomangne in 1601 and he had one brother and two sisters. His education was never really known. It is assumed he either went to a local monastery or was home schooled. It is known that he attended the University of Toulouse and later moved to Bordeaux. Bordeaux was the first place where Fermat practices mathematics but he went on to study law at the university of Orleans. In 1631 Pierre Fermat received a degree in civil law and also became a government official. Because of his new title he was entitled to change his name to Pierre de Fermat. Pierre spent the remainder of his life in Toulouse, his career in law would continue to grow and by 1652 at the age of 51, he was promoted to the highest level of the criminal court. None the less, Fermat never gave up on his interest in mathematics and had a few friends that he met through his hobby like Beaugrand and Carcavi. Fermat was an amateur mathematician; he never wrote any books or published any of his discoveries. He was more interested in sharing his information with others and learning instead of teaching. One of his most remembered pieces of work was written in the margin of the book Arithmetica written by Diophantus. The theory became known as Fermats last theorem. The theorem states
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Extractions: 6. Scientific Disciplines: Magnetism; Natural Philosophy; Elc; Subordinate Disciplines: Mechanics. Cabeo is remembered partly because he was acquainted with Giovanni Battista Baliani, who experimented with falling weights, and wrote about Baliani's experiments. His interpretation that two different weights fall in the same length of time without regard to the medium became the indirect cause of other experiments conducted by Vincenzo Renieri. He experimented with pendulums. He published two major works, Philosophia magnetica (1629) and In quatuor libros meteorologicorum Aristotelis commentaria (1646), an anti-aristotelian work.
Biographie Von Pierre De Fermat Translate this page er geadelt und änderte seinen Namen von pierre Fermat in pierre de Fermat er nachToulouse gezogen war, machte aber dort auch die Bekanntschaft mit carcavi. http://www.gm.nw.schule.de/~gymwiehl/prim/fermat.htm
Pierre De Fermat Translate this page em Toulouse e por causa de seu escritório, mudou seu nome para pierre de Fermat separa Toulouse, mas lá ele encontrou um novo amigo em Matemática, carcavi. http://www.ime.unicamp.br/~calculo/history/fermat/fermat.html
Extractions: Galeria da Fama Pierre de Fermat 460-370 AC Eudoxo 408-355 AC Arquimedes 287-212 AC Al-Haitham 965-1040 DC Oresme 1323-1382 DC Fermat 1601-1665 DC Newton 1643-1727 DC Leibniz 1646-1716 DC Cauchy 1789-1857 DC O pai de Pierre Fermat Planos Pierre de Fermat Planos Sobre espirais , de Arquimedes . Fermat escreveu: Planos Cursus mathematicus La Dioptrique La Dioptrique tateando nas sombras. x n + y n = z n x y e z quando n Atualmente acredita-se que a dita "prova" de Fermat estava errada, embora não se possa ter certeza completa. Em 1993 o matemático Inglês Andrew Wiles disse ter provado o teorema, mas, após uma revisão cuidadosa, no final de 1994 sua prova foi aceita. The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
