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Paul Guldin
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- Born
- 1577
- Died
- 1643
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Sul teorema Guldiniano
- Pavli Gvldini ... De centro gravitatis ...
- Pavli Gvldini Sancto-Gallensis e Societate Jesu De centro gravitatis trium specierum quanitatis continuae
- Pavli Gvldini De centro gravitatis trium specierum quanitatis continuæ
- Pavli Gvldini ... De centro gravitatis trium specierum quantitatis continuae
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations
· 1958 · cited 70,816x
- “Mini-mental state”
· 1975 · cited 68,275x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,809x
- Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 45,735x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,494x
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Key facts
- Born
- 12 June 1577, Mels , Switzerland
- Died
- 3 November 1643 (1643-11-03) (aged 66), Graz , Austria
- Other name
- Habakkuk Guldin
- Occupations
- Jesuit , mathematician , astronomer
- Known for
- Guldinus theorem
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- St. Gallen
- Place of death
- Graz
- Occupation
- physicist
- Educated at
- Roman College
- Employer
- University of Graz
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Student of
- Christopher Clavius
- Image
- Paul Guldin.jpg
- Religious order
- Society of Jesus
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- date of birth
- 1577-06-12
- date of death
- 1643-11-03
- name in native language
- Paul Guldin
- Commons category
- Paul Guldin
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- birth name
- Habakkuk Guldin
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- St. Gallen
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Although of Jewish descent, his parents were Protestants and they brought Guldin up in that faith. He was a professor of mathematics in Graz and Vienna.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paul Guldin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.