Mathematician:Émile Michel Hyacinthe Lemoine
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Mathematician
French mathematician and civil engineer who worked mainly in geometry.
He is best known for defining the Lemoine point of a triangle.
Also a musician who played in the chamber orchestra "La Trompette", which was of a high enough quality for Camille Saint-Saëns to write Septet for Trumpet, String Quintet and Piano, Op.65 especially for it.
Nationality
French
History
- Born: 22 Nov 1840, Quimper, France
- Died: 21 Feb 1912, Paris, France
Theorems and Definitions
Results named for Émile Michel Hyacinthe Lemoine can be found here.
Definitions of concepts named for Émile Michel Hyacinthe Lemoine can be found here.
Publications
- 1894: Founded L'Intermédiaire des Mathématiciens (with Charles-Ange Laisant)
Notable Quotes
- A mathematical truth is neither simple nor complicated in itself, it is.
- -- Quoted in 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics: They Say: What Say They? : Let Them Say
Sources
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Émile Michel Hyacinthe Lemoine": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): They Say: What Say They? : Let Them Say
- 1991: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Geometry ... (previous) ... (next): A Chronological List Of Mathematicians