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Camille-Christophe Gerono

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Camille-Christophe Gerono
Born1799
Paris, France
Died1891
Paris, France
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics

Camille-Christophe Gerono (1799 in Paris, France – 1891 in Paris) was a French mathematician. He concerned himself above all with geometry. The Lemniscate of Gerono or figure-eight curve was named after him.[1] With Olry Terquem, he was founding co-editor in 1842 of the scientific journal Nouvelles Annales de Mathématiques.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gray, Mary (1997), Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica (2nd ed.), CRC Press, p. 31, ISBN 9780849371646.
  2. ^ "Terquem, Olry", Jewish Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls, 1906.