Florimond de Beaune [SEP] native language
Florimond de Beaune
Florimond de Beaune (7 October 1601, Blois – 18 August 1652, Blois) was a French jurist and mathematician, and an early follower of René Descartes. R. Taton calls him "a typical example of the erudite amateurs" active in 17th-century science.
In a 1638 letter to Descartes, de Beaune posed the problem of solving the differential equation
now seen as the first example of the inverse tangent method of deducing properties of a curve from its tangents.
His "Tractatus
Florimond
Florimond is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Florimond Cornellie
- Florimond de Beaune
- Joseph Florimond Loubat
- Count Claude Florimond de Mercy
- Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau
- Florimond Ronger
- Prince Florimund, character in some versions of "Sleeping Beauty"