Jean Victor Poncelet
1788 - 1867
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Jean-Victor Poncelet was one of the founders of modern projective geometry. His development of the pole and polar lines associated with conics led to the principle of duality.
Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Jean-Victor Poncelet (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1842 |
| Lunar features | Crater Poncelet |
| Commemorated on the Eiffel Tower | |
| Paris street names | Passage Poncelet and Rue Poncelet (17th Arrondissement) |
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