Mathematician:Adriaan Metius

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Mathematician

Dutch geometer and astronomer.

Best known now for his approximation $\dfrac {355} {113}$ for $\pi$ (pi), known to the Chinese and Arabic mathematical traditions centuries earlier.


Nationality

Dutch


History

  • Born: 9 December 1571 in Alkmaar
  • Died: 6 September 1635 in Franeker


Theorems

Definitions of concepts named for Adriaan Metius can be found here.


Publications

  • 1611: Arithmeticæ et Geometriæ Practica
  • Institutiones Astronomicae Geographicae
  • 1640: Arithmeticæ libri duo: et geometriæ libri VI


Also known as

Adriaan Metius was born Adriaan Adriaanszoon, the surname being a patronym.

The name Metius derives from the Dutch word meten (meaning measuring), and therefore means something like measurer or surveyor.

Some sources give his first name as Adriaen.