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Guldin, Paul HabakukGuldin, Paul (Habakuk), b. St. Gallen (Switzerland), June 12, 1577, d. Graz (Styria), Nov. 3, 1643, mathematician. Originally Protestant, converted to Catholicism and became a Jesuit in 1597. Studied sciences under Christopher Clavius in Rome from 1609, became professor for mathematics at the University of Graz in 1616 and also taught in Vienna for a short time. Argued with Bonaventura Cavalieri about the Cavalieri Principle; contributions to the problem of content (Guldin Theorem). Work: Centrobaryca, 4 vols., 1635-1641. Literature: W. Nöbauer, Geschichte der Mathematik in Österreich, in: Wissenschaftliche Nachrichten 46, 1978; H. Kaiser and W. Nöbauer, Geschichte der Mathematik, 1984; H. Kaiser, Die Rolle Österreichs in der Geschichte der Mathematik, in: Didaktikhefte der Österreichischen Mathematik Gesellschaft, 1990.
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