Claude Mydorge (1585 – July 1647) was a French

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

. His primary contributions were in

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and

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. Mydorge served on a scientific committee (whose members included

Pierre Hérigone Pierre Hérigone (Latinized as Petrus Herigonius) (1580–1643) was a French mathematician and astronomer. Of Basque people, Basque origin, Hérigone taught in Paris for most of his life. Works Only one work by Hérigone is known to exist: ''Cur ...

and

Étienne Pascal Étienne Pascal (; 2 May 1588 – 24 September 1651) was a French chief tax officer and the father of Blaise Pascal. Biography Pascal was born in Clermont to Martin Pascal, the treasurer of France, and Marguerite Pascal de Mons. He had three da ...

) set up to determine whether Jean-Baptiste Morin's scheme for determining

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from the Moon's motion was practical.

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* 1585 births 1647 deaths 17th-century French mathematicians {{France-mathematician-stub