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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. Guldin composed a critique of Cavalieri's method of Indivisibles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Guldin is the 211th most popular mathematician (down from 203rd in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Switzerland 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, Paul Guldin ranks 211 out of 1,004. Before him are André Weil, Ibn Sahl, Arthur Cayley, Maria Reiche, Henry Briggs, and Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov. After him are Robert Grosseteste, Piet Hein, Peter Tait, Élie Cartan, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, and Pierre Bouguer.

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Among people born in 1577, Paul Guldin ranks 7. Before him are Peter Paul Rubens, Christian IV of Denmark, Beatrice Cenci, Robert Burton, Scipione Borghese, and François Leclerc du Tremblay. After him are Dmitry Pozharsky, Cristofano Allori, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Nur Jahan, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, and Kobayakawa Hideaki. 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, Giovanni Baglione, Hendrik Brouwer, 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 Charles Bonnet (1720), Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi (1773), Friedrich Miescher (1844), Albert Anker (1831), Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889), and Gottfried Keller (1819). After him are Didier Queloz (1966), Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908), Sigismond Thalberg (1812), Marthe Keller (1945), Micheline Calmy-Rey (1945), and Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Switzerland

Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Paul Guldin ranks 7. Before him are Leonhard Euler (1707), Jacob Bernoulli (1654), Johann Bernoulli (1667), 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), Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750), Johann II Bernoulli (1710), and Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687).

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