TY - BOOK ID - 8355212 TI - Exercitationum mathematicarum PY - 1657 SN - 1493304046 PB - Netherlands : Elsevier, DB - UniCat KW - Geometry. KW - Mathematics KW - Euclid's Elements KW - Geometry KW - Early works to 1800. KW - Mathematics, Greek UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8355212 AB - Like his father before him, Frans van Schooten (1615-1660) taught mathematics at Leiden University, among others to Christiaan Huygens. He is most famous for popularizing the geometric principles of ReneĢ Descartes, but also wrote treatises of his own. The Elzeviers' Latin edition of this book of mathematical exercises was used at universities throughout Europe. Van Schooten's efforts made Leiden the centre of a strong mathematical community in the seventeenth century. ER -