Article ID: CBB001211025

Is Napoleon's Theorem Really Napoleon's Theorem? (2012)

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A result frequently attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte is the topic of this note; it has an interesting history, and there are a considerable number of papers devoted to it. Several relevant articles have appeared in this Monthly. Here we present additional information about the history of the result, supplementing and correcting some of the earlier publications.

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Authors & Contributors
Craik, Alex D. D.
Abeles, Francine F.
Alexander, Amir R.
Bellhouse, David R.
Bir, Atilla
Centrone, Stefania
Journals
Historia Mathematica
American Mathematical Monthly
British Society for the History of Mathematics Bulletin
British Journal for the History of Mathematics
Foundations of Science
History and Philosophy of Logic
Publishers
Harvard University Press
New York, City University of
Cambridge University Press
Concepts
Mathematics
Proof
Mathematicians
Geometry
Logic
Logarithms
People
Euler, Leonhard
Bails, Benito
Bolzano, Bernard
Brouncker, William
Carroll, Lewis
Eisenstein, Ferdinand Gotthold Max
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
17th century
20th century
Ancient
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Places
China
Great Britain
Paris (France)
India
Mesopotamia
Ottoman Empire
Institutions
Cambridge University
Astronomical Bureau (China)
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