Paul Guldin

Paul Guldin
Paul Guldin
Born	(1577-06-12)June 12, 1577
Died	November 3, 1643(1643-11-03) (aged 66)
Nationality	Swiss
Other names	Habakkuk Guldin
Occupation	Jesuit mathematician astronomer
Known for	Guldinus theorem

Paul Guldin (original name Habakkuk Guldin) (June 12, 1577 (Mels) – November 3, 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^[1]

He was born in Mels, Switzerland and was a professor of mathematics in Graz and Vienna.

In Paolo Casati's astronomical work Terra machinis mota (1658), Casati imagines a dialogue between Guldin, Galileo, and Marin Mersenne on various intellectual problems of cosmology, geography, astronomy and geodesy.

See also

• List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics

Notes

Authority control WorldCat VIAF: 22186943 LCCN: n85143524 ISNI: 0000 0000 8100 8434 GND: 128409029 SUDOC: 030520797

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Name	Guldin, Paul
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Short description	Swiss mathematician and astronomer
Date of birth	June 12, 1577
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Date of death	November 3, 1643
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