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Jean Leurechon

French scholar

Also known as: Henry van Etten

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contribution to mathematical recreation

In number game: Pioneers and imitators
In 1624 a French Jesuit, Jean Leurechon, writing under the pen name of van Etten, published Récréations mathématiques. This volume struck the popular fancy, passing through at least 30 editions before 1700, despite the fact that it was based largely on the work of Bachet, from whom he took the…
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