A Eulogy in Honour of Anders Johan Lexell, an 18th Century Finnish Mathematician
Ilmavirta, J., & Stén, J. C.-E. (2016). A Eulogy in Honour of Anders Johan Lexell, an 18th Century Finnish Mathematician. In E. Torrence, B. Torrence, C. H. Séquin, D. McKenna, K. Fenyvesi, & R. Sarhangi (Eds.), Proceedings of Bridges 2016 : Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Education, Culture. Bridges Finland (pp. 545-548). Tessellations Publishing. Bridges Conference Proceedings. http://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2016/bridges2016-545.pdf
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Bridges Conference ProceedingsToimittajat
Päivämäärä
2016Tekijänoikeudet
© the Authors, 2016.
We present a poem written in the honour of Anders Johan Lexell (1740–1784), a mathematician of Finnish origin,
who became a collaborator and successor of Leonhard Euler. The poem was composed in Latin by Fredrik Pryss
(1741–1767) in the honour of the 18-year-old promising young man in 1759. We discuss the poem itself and its
connections to ancient poetic tradition as well as the foresight of Pryss in seeing the career that lay ahead of Lexell.
We find that the poem is of excellent quality as a piece of art following ancient style in form, language and content.
Discussing Lexell’s life in light of the poem reveals that Pryss did see that Lexell would rise to fame, but not how.
Julkaisija
Tessellations PublishingEmojulkaisun ISBN
978-1-938664-19-9Konferenssi
Bridges world conferenceKuuluu julkaisuun
Proceedings of Bridges 2016 : Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Education, Culture. Bridges FinlandISSN Hae Julkaisufoorumista
1099-6702Asiasanat
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http://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2016/bridges2016-545.pdfJulkaisu tutkimustietojärjestelmässä
https://converis.jyu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/26100913
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