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Caspar Wessel

Danish-Norwegian mathematician and cartographer (1745-1818) · Norway · Academics · Died at 72

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Caspar Wessel was a Danish-Norwegian mathematician and cartographer. In 1799, Wessel was the first person to describe the geometrical interpretation of complex numbers as points in the complex plane and vectors.

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Wesselstua in Vestby, where Caspar and his brothers grew up

Memorial plaque of Wessel in Oldenburg, Germany

Awards

Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

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Sibling Johan Herman Wessel

Sibling Ole Christopher Wessel

About this person

Country

Norway

Academics from Norway 6

Carl Størmer50.1 Ingun Montgomery50.0

Georg Ossian Sars50.1

Kristine Bonnevie49.9

Axel Thue50.1

Vebjørn Rodal49.8

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