Esprit Jouffret
French mathematician
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| Intro | French mathematician | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Mathematician Actuary Painter | |
| Work field | Arts Mathematics Science | |
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| Birth | 15 March 1837, Monteux, Canton of Carpentras-Sud, arrondissement of Carpentras, Vaucluse | |
| Death | 6 November 1904Paris, Île-de-France, France (aged 67 years) | |
| Star sign | Pisces |
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Esprit Jouffret (15 March 1837 – 6 November 1904) was a French artillery officer, insurance actuary and mathematician, author of Traité élémentaire de géométrie à quatre dimensions (Elementary Treatise on the Geometry of Four Dimensions, 1903), a popularization of Henri Poincaré's Science and Hypothesis in which Jouffret described hypercubes and other complex polyhedra in four dimensions and projected them onto the two-dimensional page.
Maurice Princet brought Traite to Picasso's attention. Picasso's sketchbooks for Les Demoiselles d'Avignon illustrate Jouffret's influence on the artist's work.