André Tacquet, also called Andrea Tacquet, was a Brabantian mathematician and Jesuit priest, born in Antwerp on 23 June 1612 and dead there on 22 December 1660. He entered the Jesuit Order in 1629 and studied mathematics, physics and logic at Leuven from 1631 to 1635, with Grégoire de Saint-Vincent and François d'Aguilon among his teachers. He held to the geometry of Euclid and the philosophy of Aristotle and opposed the method of indivisibles, saying in 1651 that it makes war upon geometry to such an extent that it must itself be destroyed, which drew a detailed defence of Cavalieri's method from Stefano degli Angeli. His most famous work, Cylindricorum et annularium of 1651, which influenced Pascal, shows how a moving point generates a curve and treats area and volume; his Elementa geometriae followed in 1654, his Arithmeticae theoria et praxis in 1656 and his Opera mathematica in 1669. A lunar crater bears his name.
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André Tacquet (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe takɛ]; 23 June 1612 Antwerp – 22 December 1660 Antwerp, also referred to by his Latinized name Andrea Tacquet) was a Brabantian mathematician and Jesuit priest.
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Pierre Tacquet was a merchant who was quite well off so, although he died when Andrea was only a child, nevertheless left sufficient money for his family to live and for Andrea to have a good start in life.
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André Tacquet (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe takɛ]; 23 June 1612 Antwerp, 22 December 1660 Antwerp, also referred to by his Latinized name Andrea Tacquet) was a Brabantian mathematician and Jesuit priest.
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1651: Cylindricorum et annularium libri IV (Antwerp) full text 1654: Elementa geometriae (Antwerp) 1656: Arithmeticae theoria et praxis (Louvain) 1659: Cylindricorum et annularium liber V (Antwerp) full text 1669: Opera mathematica (in Latin).
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1651: Cylindricorum et annularium libri IV (Antwerp) full text 1654: Elementa geometriae (Antwerp) 1656: Arithmeticae theoria et praxis (Louvain) 1659: Cylindricorum et annularium liber V (Antwerp) full text 1669: Opera mathematica (in Latin).
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