In geometry, a Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron is any of four regular star polyhedra. They may be obtained by stellating the regular convex dodecahedron and... 31 KB (2,272 words) - 23:39, 22 March 2024 |
the hyperbolic secant. They are named after the French mathematician Louis Poinsot. Mathematics portal Cotes's spiral – Plane curve Lawrence, J. Dennis... 1 KB (82 words) - 21:02, 1 April 2023 |
In classical mechanics, Poinsot's construction (after Louis Poinsot) is a geometrical method for visualizing the torque-free motion of a rotating rigid... 13 KB (2,026 words) - 02:12, 18 October 2023 |
this, he summarized and extended the work of his predecessors 1803 - Louis Poinsot develops idea of angular momentum conservation (this result was previously... 16 KB (1,933 words) - 08:56, 19 January 2024 |
Cauchy created many enemies in scientific circles. In November 1815, Louis Poinsot, who was an associate professor at the École Polytechnique, asked to... 42 KB (5,372 words) - 21:56, 9 March 2024 |
Regular polyhedron (section Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra) polyhedra (the Platonic solids), and four regular star polyhedra (the Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra), making nine regular polyhedra in all. In addition, there are... 32 KB (3,112 words) - 18:06, 23 January 2024 |
Great dodecahedron (category Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra) vertex. The discovery of the great dodecahedron is sometimes credited to Louis Poinsot in 1810, though there is a drawing of something very similar to a great... 5 KB (376 words) - 06:19, 14 February 2024 |
Small stellated dodecahedron (category Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra) In geometry, the small stellated dodecahedron is a Kepler-Poinsot polyhedron, named by Arthur Cayley, and with Schläfli symbol {5⁄2,5}. It is one of four... 8 KB (735 words) - 07:32, 14 February 2024 |
that a fixed plane was associated with rotation—his invariable plane. Louis Poinsot in 1803 began representing rotations as a line segment perpendicular... 93 KB (12,600 words) - 22:43, 19 March 2024 |
Louis Poinsot extended Kepler's work, and discovered the remaining two regular star polyhedra. Soon after, Augustin-Louis Cauchy proved Poinsot's list... 86 KB (9,734 words) - 18:21, 23 March 2024 |
be about 9–10 months.[citation needed] During the mid 19th century, Louis Poinsot developed a geometric interpretation of the physics of rotating bodies... 6 KB (883 words) - 08:16, 26 October 2021 |
which he introduces descriptive geometry. 1806 – Louis Poinsot discovers the two remaining Kepler-Poinsot polyhedra. 1829 – Bolyai, Gauss, and Lobachevsky... 12 KB (1,403 words) - 03:21, 10 March 2024 |
a curve to a given set of observations. 1806 – Louis Poinsot discovers the two remaining Kepler-Poinsot polyhedra. 1806 – Jean-Robert Argand publishes... 63 KB (7,706 words) - 04:40, 26 March 2024 |
(1774–1862) Étienne-Louis Malus (1775–1812) André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836) Sophie Germain (1776–1831) Carl Friedrich Gauss^ (1777–1855) Louis Poinsot (1777–1859)... 71 KB (7,855 words) - 08:15, 22 March 2024 |
two of the regular Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra, the small stellated dodecahedron and great stellated dodecahedron. Louis Poinsot (1809) discovered the other... 66 KB (2,540 words) - 22:41, 20 March 2024 |
la Flûte Traversière January 1 – Micah Hawkins, composer January 3 – Louis Poinsot, instrument maker January 8 – Filippo Traetta, musicologist January... 4 KB (422 words) - 20:57, 31 May 2020 |
Poincaré–Bendixson theorem – Henri Poincaré and Ivar Otto Bendixson Poinsot's spirals – Louis Poinsot Polchinski's paradox – Joseph Polchinski Potts model (a.k... 72 KB (6,812 words) - 12:35, 9 March 2024 |
Poincaré (1854–1912) WGPSN Poinsot 78°54′N 146°13′W / 78.9°N 146.21°W / 78.9; -146.21 (Poinsot) 65.11 1970 Louis Poinsot (1777–1859) WGPSN Poisson... 28 KB (78 words) - 17:25, 3 December 2023 |
Louis Trolle Hjelmslev (Danish: [ˈjelˀmsle̝w]; 3 October 1899 – 30 May 1965) was a Danish linguist whose ideas formed the basis of the Copenhagen School... 16 KB (1,756 words) - 20:22, 29 December 2023 |