Hendrik van Heuraet (1633,
Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...
- 1660?,
Leiden) was a Dutch
mathematician also known as Henrici van Heuraet. He is noted as one of the founders of the
integral, and author of ''Epistola de Transmutatione Curvarum Linearum in Rectus''
'On the Transformation of Curves into Straight Lines''(1659).
Mathematical Treasures - Van Heuraet's Rectification of Curves
Frank J. Swetz, Victor J. Katz, Mathematical Association of America (maa.org) Accessed: 10-13-2016 From 1653 he studied at Leiden University
Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince o ...
where he interacted with Frans van Schooten, Johannes Hudde, and Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, ( , , ; also spelled Huyghens; la, Hugenius; 14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor, who is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of ...
. In 1658 he and Hudde left for Saumur
Saumur () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
The town is located between the Loire and Thouet rivers, and is surrounded by the vineyards of Saumur itself, Chinon, Bourgueil, Coteaux du Layon, etc.. Saumur statio ...
in France. He returned to Leiden the next year as a physician. After this his trail is lost.
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Geometria, à Renato Des Cartes Anno 1637
' (1683) with ''Epistola de Transmutatione Curvarum Linearum in Rectus'', p. 517, @GoogleBooks.
at Turnbull WWW server
(Dutch)
1634 births
1660s deaths
17th-century Dutch mathematicians
People from Haarlem
Leiden University alumni
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