C. V. Mourey

C.V. Mourey

Front page of the second edition (1861)
Born may be 1791
may be Valay, France
Died may be 1830
may be Paris, France[1]
Fields Mathematics

C. V. Mourey (1791? – 1830?) was a French mathematician who wrote a work of 100 pages titled La vraie théorie des quantités négatives et des quantités prétendues imaginaires (The true theory of negative quantities and of alleged imaginary quantities), published in Paris in 1828 and reedited in 1861, in which he studied systematically the vector theory. He seems to be the first mathematician to stated the necessity of specifying the conditions of equality between vectors.[2]

Mourey also stated that there exists a more general algebra but, unfortunately, no other writings by him had survived.[3]

Nothing is known about Mourey's life.[4] The St. Andrews University's researcher Elizabeth Lewis, supposes Mourey was a technician in Paris, but says she cannot positively identify him.[5]

References

  1. The dates are stated in the MacTutor History of Mathematics, supposing Mourey was a mécanicien à Paris.
  2. Windred, page 539.
  3. Crowe, pages 11 and 16.
  4. Schubring, page 569.
  5. O'Connor & Robertson, MacTutor History of Mathematics.

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