Marius Lacombe

Marius Lacombe (1862–1938) was a Swiss mathematician.

Marius Lacombe
Born(1862-02-07)February 7, 1862
Begnins, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
DiedMarch 19, 1938(1938-03-19) (aged 76)
Chexbres, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Alma materETH Zurich
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsETH Zurich
University of Lausanne

Life and work

Lacombe studied mathematics at Engineers Department of the ETH Zurich.[1] From 1890 to 1894 he was teaching descriptive geometry in the university of Lausanne.[2] In 1894 he was appointed professor at ETH Zurich[3] to fill a newly created chair of descriptive geometry in French language.[4] After fourteen years in Zurich, in 1908 he returned to university of Lausane, where he retired in 1927.[5]

He was more a teacher than a researcher. His only known works deal on pedagogy of mathematics.[6][5] In 1896 he was one of the organizers of the first International Congress of Mathematicians.

References
  1. Eminger 2015, p. 123.
  2. Khouyibaba 1997, p. 42.
  3. Frei & Stammbach 1994, p. 46.
  4. Oswald & Volkert 2018, p. 29.
  5. Khouyibaba 1997, p. 43.
  6. Eminger 2015, p. 124-125.

Bibliography
  • Eminger, Stefanie Ursula (2015). Carl Friedrich Geiser and Ferdinand Rudio: The Men Behind the First International Congress of Mathematicians (PDF). St Andrews University.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Frei, Günther; Stammbach, Urs (1994). Die Mathematiker an den Zürcher Hochschulen (in German). Springer. ISBN 978-3-7643-5078-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Khouyibaba, Saadia (1997). Mathématiques et Mathématiciens dans les universités de la Suisse Romande de 1537 a 1937 (PDF) (in French). Université Laval. ISBN 0-612-25426-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Oswald, Nicola; Volkert, Klaus (2018). "A Glimpse of Sources for Historical Studies at the ETH Archive in Zürich". EMS Newsletter. 49 (109): 28–33. doi:10.4171/NEWS/109/7. ISSN 1726-7528.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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