Hendrik van Heuraet

Hendrik van Heuraet

Hendrik van Heuraet (1633, Haarlem - 1660?, Leiden) was a Dutch mathematician. He was noted as one of the founders of the modern "integral". From [1653 he studied at Leiden University where he interacted with Frans van Schooten, Johannes Hudde, and Christiaan Huygens. In 1658 he and Hudde left for Saumur in France. He returned to Leiden the next year as a physician. After this his trail is lost.

External links

* [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Heuraet.html Hendrik van Heuraet] at Turnbull WWW server
* [http://www.math.uu.nl/people/hogend/17/korteweg.html Text with slightly more info on his life] (Dutch)

Bibliography

*cite journal
last = van Maanen
first = Jan A.
title = Hendrick van Heureat (1634-1660?): His Life and Mathematical Work
journal = Centaurus
volume = 27
date = 1984
pages = 218–279
id = ISSN 0008-8994
doi = 10.1111/j.1600-0498.1984.tb00781.x


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