# Paul de Casteljau

> Paul de Casteljau was a French physicist and mathematician. In 1959, while working at Citroën, he developed an algorithm for evaluating calculations on a certain family of curves, which would later be formalized and popularized by engineer Pierre Bézier, leading to the curves widely known as Bézier curves.

*French mathematician and engineer (1930–2022)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/paul-de-casteljau

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1930-11-19
- **Died:** 2022-03-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Поль де Кастельжо](https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B6%D0%BE)
- [بول دو كاستلجو](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88)
- [Paul de Casteljau](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_de_Casteljau)
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- [پل دو کاستلژو](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%84%DA%98%D9%88)
- [Paul de Casteljau](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_de_Casteljau)
- [Paul de Casteljau](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_de_Casteljau)
- [Paul de Faget de Casteljau](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_de_Faget_de_Casteljau)
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- [Кастельжо, Поль де](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B6%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%B4%D0%B5)
- [ปอล เดอ กัสแตลโฌ](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A5_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD_%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%8C)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1396450)

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