Maurice Princet

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Maurice Princet was a French mathematician known as the “mathematician of Cubism” for introducing avant-garde artists to non-Euclidean geometry and the fourth dimension.

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instanceOf human
mathematician
associatedWith Bateau-Lavoir circle
Montmartre artistic community
linked to: Montmartre
countryOfCitizenship France
fieldOfWork four-dimensional geometry
geometry
mathematics
non-Euclidean geometry
gender male
hasNotableAlias le mathématicien du cubisme
influenced Albert Gleizes
Georges Braque
Jean Metzinger
Pablo Picasso
avant-garde artists in Paris
inspired development of Cubist pictorial space
knownFor linking modern art and advanced geometry
popularizing Poincaré’s ideas among artists
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement Cubism
nickname mathematician of Cubism
notableFor introducing avant-garde artists to non-Euclidean geometry
introducing avant-garde artists to the concept of the fourth dimension
occupation mathematician
placeOfActivity Paris
usedConcept fourth dimension
hyperspace
non-Euclidean geometry

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Section d'Or hasMember Maurice Princet