Victor Thébault
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Victor Thébault was a French
mathematician
best known for propounding three problems in geometry
. Thébault's theorem
is used in some references to refer to the first of these problems, in other references to the third.
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mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
best known for propounding three problems in geometry
Geometry
Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers ....
. Thébault's theorem
Thébault's theorem
Thébault's theorem is the name given variously to one of the geometry problems proposed by the French mathematician Victor Thébault, individually known as Thébault's problem I, II, and III.-Thébault's problem I:...
is used in some references to refer to the first of these problems, in other references to the third.