Marius Lacombe (7 February 1862 – 19 March 1938) was a Swiss mathematician.
Marius Lacombe | |
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| Born | 7 February 1862 |
| Died | 19 March 1938 (aged 76) |
| Alma mater | ETH Zurich |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | ETH Zurich University of Lausanne |
Life and work
editLacombe studied mathematics at Engineers Department of the ETH Zurich.[1] From 1890 to 1894 he was teaching descriptive geometry in the university of Lausanne.[2] In 1894 he was appointed professor at ETH Zurich[3] to fill a newly created chair of descriptive geometry in French language.[4] After fourteen years in Zurich, in 1908 he returned to university of Lausane, where he retired in 1927.[5]
He was more a teacher than a researcher. His only known works deal on pedagogy of mathematics.[6][5] In 1896 he was one of the organizers of the first International Congress of Mathematicians.
References
edit- ^ Eminger 2015, p. 123.
- ^ Khouyibaba 1997, p. 42.
- ^ Frei & Stammbach 1994, p. 46.
- ^ Oswald & Volkert 2018, p. 29.
- ^ a b Khouyibaba 1997, p. 43.
- ^ Eminger 2015, p. 124-125.
Bibliography
edit- Eminger, Stefanie Ursula (2015). Carl Friedrich Geiser and Ferdinand Rudio: The Men Behind the First International Congress of Mathematicians (PDF). St Andrews University.
- Frei, Günther; Stammbach, Urs (1994). Die Mathematiker an den Zürcher Hochschulen (in German). Springer. ISBN 978-3-7643-5078-9.
- Khouyibaba, Saadia (1997). Mathématiques et Mathématiciens dans les universités de la Suisse Romande de 1537 a 1937 (PDF) (in French). Université Laval. ISBN 0-612-25426-7.
- Oswald, Nicola; Volkert, Klaus (2018). "A Glimpse of Sources for Historical Studies at the ETH Archive in Zürich". EMS Newsletter. 49 (109): 28–33. doi:10.4171/NEWS/109/7. ISSN 1726-7528.
External links
edit- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Marius Lacombe", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews