Poincaré

[ pwahn-kah-rey; French, pwan-ka-rey ]

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noun

Jules Hen·ri [zh, y, l ah, n, -, ree], 1854–1912, French mathematician.
his cousin Ray·mond [r, e-, mawn], 1860–1934, French statesman: president of France 1913–20.

Poincaré

/ pwɛ̃kare /

PoincaréJules Henri18541912MFrenchSCIENCE: mathematicianSCIENCE: physicistPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Jules Henri (ʒyl ɑ̃ri). 1854–1912, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. He made important contributions to the theory of functions and to astronomy and electromagnetic theory
PoincaréRaymond18601934MFrenchPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state his cousin, Raymond (rɛmɔ̃). 1860–1934, French statesman; premier of France (1912–13; 1922–24; 1926–29); president (1913–20)

As a mathematical achievement, it may not be up there with solving the Poincaré Conjecture but it was still a remarkable feat.

On that day, after twelve months of fighting, the regiment was presented by President Poincaré with a battle-flag.

Henri Poincaré was born April 29, 1854, at Nancy, where his father was a physician highly respected.

The reader of M. Poincaré's book is in presence, then, of a great special investigator who is also a philosopher.

Meanwhile, as contributor to the philosophical discussion of the bases and methods of science, M. Poincaré has long been active.

This is a question Poincaré here dissects with a master hand.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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