Poinsot’s Points and Lines

Philip J. Davis and William G. Chinn

Chapter 9 in 3.1416 And All That, 1985, pp 65-70 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract IN 1809 NAPOLEON invaded Austria and put Europe in a turmoil. That same year, a French mathematician by the name of Louis Poinsot (1777–1859) spent much of his time quietly doodling points and lines. While Europe was in flames, Poinsot calmly traced stars and circles with compass and ruler. Poinsot could not know that his idle speculations on the nature of polygons would eventually help electronic computers to solve complex problems.

Keywords: Regular Polygon; Simple Polygon; Devise Computer Program; Equal Angle; Fourth Point (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-8519-0_9

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