ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Giovanni Domenico Cassini

Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer.

Most of his important discoveries were in the field of astronomy.

Also known as Giandomenico Cassini or Jean-Dominique Cassini.

Not to be confused with his son, also called Jean-Dominique Cassini.

Nationality

Italian/French

History

• Born: 8 June 1625, Perinaldo, Republic of Genoa (now Italy)
• Died: 14 Sept 1712 in Paris, France

Theorems and Definitions

• Cassini's Identity
• Ovals of Cassini

Books and Papers

• 1656: Specimen observationum Bononiensium

Also see

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Giovanni Domenico Cassini": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive