Mathematician:Johann Andreas Segner

Mathematician

Hungarian scientist best known for inventing the Segner wheel.

Nationality

Hungarian

History

• Born: 9 October 1704 in Pozsony, Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia)
• Died: 5 October 1777 in Halle, Prussia (now Germany)

Theorems and Definitions

• Segner numbers (also known as Catalan numbers)

Definitions of concepts named for Johann Andreas Segner can be found here.

Publications

• 1740: Specimen logicae universaliter demonstratae

Also known as

• In Hungarian: János András Segner

• In German: Johann Andreas von Segner

• In Slovak: Ján Andrej Segner

• In Latin: Iohannes Andreas de Segner

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Johann Andreas Segner": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive