Tacquet, André

Autor: Tacquet, André
Rok: 1612-1660
Oblast působnosti: katoličtí kněží, jezuité, učitelé, matematici

Biogr./Hist. údaje: Belgický (vlámský) katolický kněz, člen Jezuitského řádu a matematik. Matematiku vyučoval na jezuitských školách v Lovani a v Antverpách. Ve svých publikovaných dílech podal, mimo jiné, základy pro objev infinitezimálního počtu. Formuloval také teorii plochy a objemu.
Zdroj: Autoritní databáze Národní knihovny ČR

André Tacquet (23 June 1612 Antwerp – 22 December 1660 Antwerp, also referred to by his Latinized name Andrea Tacquet) was a brabantian mathematician and Jesuit Priest. Tacquet adhered to the methods of the geometry of Euclid and the philosophy of Aristotle and opposed the method of Indivisibles.He was born in Antwerp, and entered the Jesuit Order in 1629. From 1631 to 1635, he studied mathematics, physics and logic at Leuven. Two of his teachers were Saint-Vincent and Francois d'Aguilon.Tacquet became a brilliant mathematician of international fame and his works were often reprinted and translated (into Italian and English). His most famous work, which influenced the thinking of Blaise Pascal and his contemporaries, is Cylindricorum et annularium (1651). In this book Tacquet presented how a moving point could generate a curve and the theories of area and volume.He died in Antwerp.