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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 40,961 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Paul Guldin is the 203rd most popular mathematician (down from 186th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 116th 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 203 out of 1,004. Before him are Giovanni Ceva, Al-Karaji, Laurent Schwartz, Pedro Nunes, Theodorus of Cyrene, and Richard von Mises. After him are Tullio Levi-Civita, Paolo Ruffini, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, Michael Atiyah, Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, and Victor D'Hondt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Paul Guldin ranks 8. Before him are Christian IV of Denmark, Beatrice Cenci, Nur Jahan, François Leclerc du Tremblay, Scipione Borghese, and Cristofano Allori. After him are Dmitry Pozharsky, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Jacob Cats. Among people deceased in 1643, Paul Guldin ranks 6. Before him are Louis XIII of France, Claudio Monteverdi, Hong Taiji, Girolamo Frescobaldi, and Sophia Brahe. After him are François Duquesnoy, Hendrik Brouwer, Giovanni Baglione, Benedetto Castelli, Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, and Herman Wrangel.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Paul Guldin ranks 122 out of 1,015. Before him are Gottfried Keller (1819), Micheline Calmy-Rey (1945), Jakob Steiner (1796), Jacques Dubochet (1942), Charles Bonnet (1720), and Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908). After him are Blaise Cendrars (1887), Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905), Matthäus Merian (1593), Margareta of Romania (1949), Judith of Habsburg (1271), and Alfonsina Storni (1892).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Switzerland

Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Paul Guldin ranks 7. Before him are Leonhard Euler (1707), Johann Bernoulli (1667), Jacob Bernoulli (1654), Gabriel Cramer (1704), Jost Bürgi (1552), and Jakob Steiner (1796). After him are Nicolaus II Bernoulli (1695), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), Johann II Bernoulli (1710), Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750), and Johann Baptist Cysat (1585).

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