Mathematician:Gabriel Léon Jean Baptiste Lamé
Mathematician
French mathematician who investigated curvilinear coordinate systems.
Studied the series of curves now known as Lamé curves.
Generated a proof of a special case of Fermat's Last Theorem. He thought he had created a general proof for it, but it was flawed.
Worked on elasticity theory. The Lamé Parameters are his invention for describing the elasticity of a material.
Determined the running time for the Euclidean Algorithm, using Fibonacci numbers. This sequence of numbers is sometimes known as Lamé's sequence.
Nationality
French
History
- Born: July 22, 1795, in Tours, France.
- Died: May 1, 1870 Paris, France.
Theorems and Definitions
- Lamé Curves
- Lamé Functions
- Lamé Oval, also known as the superellipse
- Lamé Parameters
- Lamé's Sequence, also known as the Fibonacci Sequence for Leonardo Fibonacci
- Lamé's Theorem
Results named for Gabriel Léon Jean Baptiste Lamé can be found here.
Definitions of concepts named for Gabriel Léon Jean Baptiste Lamé can be found here.
Publications
- 1816: Mémoire sur les intersections des lignes et des surfaces (Memoir on the intersection of lines and surfaces)
- 1818: Examen des différentes méthodes employées pour résoudre les problèmes de géométrie (Examination of different methods used for resolving problems of geometry)
- 1840: Cours de physique de l'Ecole Polytechnique: Tome premier, Propriétés générales des corps-Théorie physique de la chaleur (Course of Physics of the Polytechnic College: Volume 1, General Properties of bodies - physical theory of heat)
- 1840: Cours de physique de l'Ecole Polytechnique: Tome deuxième, Acoustique-Théorie physique de la lumière (Course of Physics of the Polytechnic College: Volume 2, Theory of Acoustics - Theory of Light)
- 1840: Cours de physique de l'Ecole Polytechnique. Tome troisième, Electricité-Magnétisme-Courants électriques-Radiations (Course of Physics of the Polytechnic College: Volume 3, Electricity - Magnetism - Electric Current - Radiation)
- 1852: Leçons sur la théorie mathématique de l'élasticité des corps solides (Lessons on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity of Solid Bodies)
- 1857: Leçons sur les fonctions inverses des transcendantes et les surfaces isothermes (Lessons on inverse and transcendental functions and isothermal surfaces)
- 1859: Leçons sur les coordonnées curvilignes et leurs diverses applications (Lessons on curvilinear coordinates and their various applications)
- 1861: Leçons sur la théorie analytique de la chaleur (Lessons on the analytical theory of heat)
Also known as
Full name with honorific: Père de Gabriel Léon Jean Baptiste Lamé.
Sometimes misrepresented as Gabrielle Lamé, but that is a mistake.
Sources
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Gabriel Léon Jean Baptiste Lamé": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): A List of Mathematicians in Chronological Sequence
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): A List of Mathematicians in Chronological Sequence