Mathematician:Auguste Bravais

Mathematician

French physicist known for his work in crystallography, the conception of Bravais lattices, and the formulation of Bravais Law.

Also studied magnetism, the northern lights, meteorology, geobotany, phyllotaxis, astronomy, statistics and hydrography.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: 23 August 1811 in Annonay, France
• Died: 30 March 1863 in Le Chesnay, France

Theorems and Definitions

• Bravais Lattice
• Bravais Law

Results named for Auguste Bravais can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Auguste Bravais can be found here.

Publications

• 1833: Mémoire sur les systèmes formés par des points distribués regulièrement sur un plan ou dans l'espace ("Dissertation on systems formed by points regularly distributed on a plane or in space") (J. l'École Polytechnique Vol. 19: pp. 1 – 128)

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Auguste Bravais": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): crystallography
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): crystallography