Claude Mydorge
Encyclopedia
Claude Mydorge was a French
mathematician
. His primary contributions were in geometry
and physics
.
Mydorge served on a scientific committee (whose members included Pierre Hérigone
and Étienne Pascal
) set up to determine whether Jean-Baptiste Morin's scheme for determining longitude
from the Moon's motion was practical.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. His primary contributions were in geometry
Geometry
Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers ....
and physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
.
Mydorge served on a scientific committee (whose members included Pierre Hérigone
Pierre Hérigone
Pierre Hérigone was a French mathematician and astronomer.Of Basque origin, Hérigone taught in Paris for most of his life.-Works:...
and Étienne Pascal
Étienne Pascal
Étienne Pascal was the father of Blaise Pascal. His father and mother were Martin Pascal, the treasurer of France, and Marguerite Pascal de Mons. He also had three daughters, two of whom survived past childhood: Gilberte and Jacqueline...
) set up to determine whether Jean-Baptiste Morin's scheme for determining longitude
Longitude
Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds, and denoted by the Greek letter lambda ....
from the Moon's motion was practical.