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André Warusfel

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André Warusfel
Born(1936-12-01)1 December 1936
Died6 June 2016(2016-06-06) (aged 79)
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Websitehttps://andre.warusfel.fr

André Warusfel (1 December 1936 – 6 June 2016) was a French mathematician and an alumnus of the École Normale Supérieure.

He taught for many years in preparatory classes, mainly in high schools Henri IV and Louis-le-Grand. Inspector General of mathematics from 1994 to 2001, he is Inspector General Emeritus of Mathematics Education.

Editor of the Revue de mathématiques spéciales ("Journal of special mathematics") from 1974 until 2007, André Warusfel is also a writer and science journalist[1] specializing in mathematics. As a science journalist, he was, in 1964, one of the reshapers of the journal Atomes ("Atoms"), future journal La Recherche ("Research").

Also passionate about the history of science, he devoted much of his recent research to the mathematical work of René Descartes. He assured a new edition of the text La Géométrie ("Geometry") which was published in 2009 in the third volume of the complete works of Descartes (TEL collection, ed. Gallimard). On the same subject, he defended a thesis[2] at the University of Paris Sorbonne-Paris IV in June 2010, edited by Jean-Luc Marion.

He also published a 2009 book on the work of Leonhard Euler, which includes an introductory chapter providing a summary of the evolution of the history of mathematics.

He is also the author of several scientific papers on the history and education of mathematics, including a 2005 article on the formation of French mathematicians in the twentieth century,[3] and on the same year on the history of the resolution of algebraic equations.[4]

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  1. ^ Orlowski, Andrew (13 May 2001). "Raiders of the Lost Altair BASIC Source Code". The Register. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  2. ^ A. Warusfel, L’œuvre mathématique de Descartes dans La Géométrie : de la résolution des équations algébriques à la naissance de la géométrie analytique ("The mathematical opus of Descartes in The Geometry: from the solution of algebraic equations to the birth of analytic geometry") (2010), thesis
  3. ^ La formation des mathématiciens français au vingtième siècle ("The formation of French mathematicians in the twentieth century") on https://smf.emath.fr (PDF file)
  4. ^ Calcul et géométrie : résoudre des équations algébriques ("Calculus and geometry: solution of algebraic equations") on https://ac-clermont.fr (PDF file)