Denis (sometimes Didier) Henrion, was a French mathematician born at the end of the 16th century in France. He co-edited the works of Viète. He died around 1632 in Paris.
Contributions
Henrion wrote a tract concerning logarithms.
He translated Euclid's Elements from Latin into French.
He published Problemata nobilissima duo (Paris, 1616), a book against Marin Ghetaldi and attacking Viète and Regiomontanus. Later reorganized, the book was republished by its author.
Works (selection)
Original works
- Mémoires mathématiques recueillis et dressés en faveur de la noblesse française. Paris, 1613, 4ð. Published again in Paris by Fleury Bourriquant, 1623, 8ð
- Problemata duo nobilissima, quorum nec analysin geometricam, videntur tenuisse Ioannes Regiomontanus & Petrus Nonius; nec demonstrationem satis accuratam repraesentasse, Franciscus Vieta et Marinus Ghetaldus nunc demum a Clemente Cyriaco diligentius elaborata et novis analyseon formis exculta. Inscriptiones praeterea figurarum non injucundÃ
Â. Paris: David Leclerc, 1616, 4ð. (Internet Archive link)
- Problematum opus amplissimum et schediasmata poetica et critica (manuscript)
- Deux cens questions ingénieuses et récréatives extraictes et tirées des Ã
Âuvres mathématiques de Valentin Menher avec quelques annotations de Michel Coignet, le tout corrigé, recueilli et mis en cet ordre, par D.H.P.E.M. Paris, 1620
- L'usage du mécomètre, qui est un instrument géométrique avec lequel on peut très facilement mesurer toutes sortes de longueurs et distances visibles. Paris, 1630, 8ð
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