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Paul Guldin

1577 - 1643

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Paul Guldin (born Habakkuk Guldin; 12 June 1577 (Mels) – 3 November 1643 (Graz)) was a Swiss Jesuit mathematician and astronomer. He discovered the Guldinus theorem to determine the surface and the volume of a solid of revolution. (This theorem is also known as the Pappus–Guldinus theorem and Pappus's centroid theorem, attributed to Pappus of Alexandria.) Guldin was noted for his association with the German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Guldin has received more than 37,792 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Guldin is the 186th most popular mathematician (down from 185th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 112th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swiss Mathematician.

Paul Guldin was a Swiss mathematician and astronomer who is most famous for his work in the field of spherical geometry. He was also a professor at the University of Basel.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Paul Guldin ranks 186 out of 823Before him are Jean-Pierre Serre, Camille Jordan, Maria Reiche, Étienne-Louis Malus, Theaetetus, and Ibn Yunus. After him are Vladimir Arnold, Al-Karaji, Antoine Augustin Cournot, Scipione del Ferro, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, and Callippus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Paul Guldin ranks 7Before him are Peter Paul Rubens, Christian IV of Denmark, Beatrice Cenci, Nur Jahan, François Leclerc du Tremblay, and Cristofano Allori. After him are Dmitry Pozharsky, Scipione Borghese, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Jacob Cats. Among people deceased in 1643, Paul Guldin ranks 6Before him are Louis XIII of France, Claudio Monteverdi, Hong Taiji, Girolamo Frescobaldi, and Sophia Brahe. After him are Giovanni Baglione, François Duquesnoy, Hendrik Brouwer, Herman Wrangel, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, and Jean du Vergier de Hauranne.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Paul Guldin ranks 116 out of 876Before him are Anna Göldi (1734), Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1867), Henri Guisan (1874), Judith of Habsburg (1271), Jacques Dubochet (1942), and Gottfried Keller (1819). After him are Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702), Heinrich Bullinger (1504), Sigismond Thalberg (1812), Jacob Sprenger (1435), Mario Adorf (1930), and Matthäus Merian (1593).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Switzerland

Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Paul Guldin ranks 7Before him are Leonhard Euler (1707), Johann Bernoulli (1667), Jacob Bernoulli (1654), Gabriel Cramer (1704), Jakob Steiner (1796), and Jost Bürgi (1552). After him are Nicolaus II Bernoulli (1695), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750), Johann II Bernoulli (1710), and Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687).