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Belgian mathematician

Paul Mansion Born (1844-06-03)3 June 1844 Marchin, near Huy, Belgium Died 16 April 1919(1919-04-16) (aged 74) Ghent, Belgium Alma mater University of Ghent Spouse Marie-Cécile Belpaire Parent Fernande Devreux Scientific career Fields Mathematics Institutions University of Ghent Thesis Théorie de la multiplication et de la transformation des fonctions elliptiques (1867) Doctoral advisor Félix Dauge Mathias Schaar Notable students George Sarton Signature

**Paul Mansion** (3 June 1844 – 16 April 1919) was a Belgian [mathematician](/source/Mathematician), editor of the journal *[Mathesis](/source/Mathesis_(journal))*.

## Life and work

Mansion was the ninth of ten brothers. His father died when he was only a baby and he was brought up by his mother and his older brothers. He studied at [Huy](/source/Huy) school and high school.[1] In 1862 he entered in the *École Normale des Sciences*, attached to the [University of Ghent](/source/University_of_Ghent), where he graduated in 1865. From this time till 1867 he taught mathematics in the artillery academy in [Ghent](/source/Ghent), while he was working in his doctoral thesis. He was awarded PhD in 1867.[2]

In 1867, after the death of his professor Mathias Schaar, he was appointed to the chair of calculus at the university of Ghent.[3] He remained there until he was appointed to the chair of probability in 1892.[4] Also, from 1884, he taught the history of mathematics.

In 1874, with [Eugene Catalan](/source/Eugene_Catalan), he founded the journal *Nouvelle Correspondence Mathématique*, and in 1880, with [Joseph Neuberg](/source/Joseph_Neuberg), he founded the journal *[Mathesis](/source/Mathesis_(journal))*.[5]

The works of Mansion, deal mainly with [non-Euclidean geometry](/source/Non-Euclidean_geometry),[6] [history of mathematics](/source/History_of_mathematics),[7] and [differential equations](/source/Differential_equation). He published 349 works in very different journals.[8]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDemoulin192978_1-0)** [Demoulin 1929](#CITEREFDemoulin1929), p. 78.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDemoulin192980_2-0)** [Demoulin 1929](#CITEREFDemoulin1929), p. 80.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDemoulin192982_3-0)** [Demoulin 1929](#CITEREFDemoulin1929), p. 82.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDemoulin192991_4-0)** [Demoulin 1929](#CITEREFDemoulin1929), p. 91.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDemoulin1929106–107_5-0)** [Demoulin 1929](#CITEREFDemoulin1929), pp. 106–107.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalter1999105_6-0)** [Walter 1999](#CITEREFWalter1999), p. 105.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPyenson1989360_7-0)** [Pyenson 1989](#CITEREFPyenson1989), p. 360.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDemoulin1929117–147_8-0)** [Demoulin 1929](#CITEREFDemoulin1929), pp. 117–147.

## Bibliography

- Demoulin, A. (1929). ["La vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Mansion"](http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/MansionPaulARB_192948144.pdf) (PDF). *Annuaire* (in French): 77–147.

- Walter, Scott (1999). ["The non-euclidean style of Minkowskian relativity"](https://books.google.com/books?id=VbSATwMDFg8C). In Jeremy Gray (ed.). *The Symbolic Universe: Geometry and Physics 1890-1930*. Oxford University Press. pp. 91–127. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-850088-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-850088-9).

- Pyenson, Lewis (1989). "What is the Good of History of Science?". *History of Science*. **27** (4): 353–389. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1177/007327538902700402](https://doi.org/10.1177%2F007327538902700402). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0073-2753](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0073-2753). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [11622212](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11622212). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [39613189](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:39613189).

## External links

- O'Connor, John J.; [Robertson, Edmund F.](/source/Edmund_F._Robertson), ["Paul Mansion"](https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Mansion.html), *[MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive](/source/MacTutor_History_of_Mathematics_Archive)*, [University of St Andrews](/source/University_of_St_Andrews)

- Pelseneer, J. (2008). ["Mansion, Paul"](http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830902801.html). *Dictionary of Scientific Biography*. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

- ["Mansion, Paul (1844-1919)"](https://www.bestor.be/wiki/index.php/Mansion,_Paul_(1844-1919)). *Bestor*. 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

- Le Ferrand, Hervé (2019). "Paul Mansion (1844-1919) : plus de 400 publications mathématiques selon le Jahrbuch". [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[1903.06761](https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.06761) [[math.HO](https://arxiv.org/archive/math.HO)]..

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