Mathematician:Giovanni Benedetto Ceva

Mathematician

Italian mathematician best known for Ceva's Theorem, a result in geometry.

Also rediscovered and published Menelaus's Theorem.

Nationality

Italian

History

• Born: December 7, 1647, Milan, Italy
• Died: June 15, 1734, Mantua, Italy

Theorems and Definitions

• Ceva's Theorem
• Cevian

Results named for Giovanni Benedetto Ceva can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Giovanni Benedetto Ceva can be found here.

Publications

• 1678: De Lineis Rectis
• 1682: Opuscula Mathematica
• 1692: Geometria Motus
• 1711: De Re Nummeraria
• 1728: Opus hydrostaticum

Sources

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

• 1991: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Geometry ... (previous) ... (next): A Chronological List Of Mathematicians
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Ceva's theorem
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Ceva's theorem
• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Ceva's Theorem