Paul Mansion

Paul Mansion
Born (1844-06-03)June 3, 1844
Marchin, near Huy, Belgium
Died April 16, 1919(1919-04-16) (aged 74)
Ghent, Belgium
Alma mater University of Ghent
Spouse(s) Marie-Cécile Belpaire
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions University of Ghent
Thesis Théorie de la multiplication et de la transformation des fonctions elliptiques (1867)
Doctoral advisor Félix Dauge
Mathias Schaar
Doctoral students Alphonse Demoulin
Other notable students Henri Bosmans
George Sarton

Paul Mansion (1844–1919) was a Belgian mathematician, editor of the journal Mathesis.

Life and work

Mansion was the ninth of the ten brothers. His father died when he was only a baby and he was brought up by his mother and his older brothers. He studied at Huy school and high school.[1] In 1862 he entered in the École Normale des Sciences, attached to the University of Ghent, where he graduated in 1865. From this time till 1867 he taught mathematics in the artillery academy in Ghent, while he was working in his doctoral thesis. He was awarded PhD in 1867.[2]

In 1867, after the death of his professor Mathias Schaar, he was appointed to the chair of calculus at the university of Ghent.[3] He remained there until he was appointed to the chair of probability in 1892.[4] Also, from 1884, he taught the history of mathematics.

In 1874, with Eugene Catalan, he founded the journal Nouvelle Correspondence Mathèmatique, and in 1880, with Joseph Neuberg, he founded the journal Mathesis.[5]

The works of Mansion, deal mainly with non-Euclidean geometry,[6] history of mathematics,[7] and differential equations. He published 349 works in very different journals.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Demoulin 1929, p. 78.
  2. ↑ Demoulin 1929, p. 80.
  3. ↑ Demoulin 1929, p. 82.
  4. ↑ Demoulin 1929, p. 91.
  5. ↑ Demoulin 1929, pp. 106–107.
  6. ↑ Walter 1999, p. 105.
  7. ↑ Pyenson 1989, p. 360.
  8. ↑ Demoulin 1929, pp. 117–147.

Bibliography

  • Demoulin, A. (1929). "La vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Mansion" (PDF). Annuaire (in French). Acadèmie Royale de Belgique: 77–147.
  • Walter, Scott (1999). "The non-euclidean style of Minkowskian relativity". In Jeremy Gray (ed.). The Symbolic Universe: Geometry and Physics 1890-1930. Oxford University Press. pp. 91–127. ISBN 0-19-850088-2.
  • Pyenson, Lewis (1989). "What is the Good of History of Science?". History of Science. 27 (4): 353–389. doi:10.1177/007327538902700402. ISSN 0073-2753.
  • O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Paul Mansion", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews .
  • Pelseneer, J. (2008). "Mansion, Paul". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  • "Mansion, Paul (1844-1919)". Bestor. 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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