Charles Paul Narcisse Moreau
Colonel Charles Paul Narcisse Moreau (September 14, 1837 in Paris – July 6, 1916) was a French soldier. He was made a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor in 1872, and an officier in July 1893.
Spinrad (2008a, 2008b) gave some evidence suggesting that he is probably the C. Moreau (Capitaine d'Artillerie, a Constantine) who introduced Moreau's necklace-counting function in (Moreau 1872), and is possibly the "Colonel Moreau" who was notorious for losing all his 26 games in the 1903 Monte Carlo chess tournament.
Publications
- Moreau, C. (1872), "Sur les permutations circulaires distinctes (On distinct circular permutations)", Nouvelles annales de mathématiques, journal des candidats aux écoles polytechnique et normale, Sér. 2 (in French), 11: 309–314, JFM 04.0086.01
- Moreau, C. (1873), "Correspondence", Nouvelles annales de mathématiques, journal des candidats aux écoles polytechnique et normale, Sér. 2 (in French), 12: 322–324
- Moreau, C. (1875), "Propositions sur les nombres", Nouvelles annales de mathématiques, journal des candidats aux écoles polytechnique et normale, Sér. 2 (in French), 14: 274–275
- Moreau, C. (1875), "Questions", Nouvelles annales de mathématiques, journal des candidats aux écoles polytechnique et normale, Sér. 2 (in French), 14: 527–528
- Moreau, C. (1898), "Sur quelques théorèmes d'arithmétique", Nouvelles annales de mathématiques, journal des candidats aux écoles polytechnique et normale, Sér. 3 (in French), 17: 293–307, JFM 29.0146.02
References
- Spinrad, Jeremy P. (2008a), The mystery of Colonel Moreau, part 1 (PDF), Chess Cafe
- Spinrad, Jeremy P. (2008b), The mystery of Colonel Moreau, part 2 (PDF), Chess Cafe
External links
- The Legion of honor site has several documents with details about Colonel Moreau's military career, awards, and his dates of birth and death.
- Chess games of Colonel Moreau
- Winter, Edward (2006), "Colonel Moreau", Chess notes (4574)
- Papers by C.Moreau at JFM