Lazare Nicolas Marguérite Carnot
1753 - 1823
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Carnot is best known as a geometer. In 1803 he published Géométrie de position in which sensed magnitudes were first systematically used in geometry.
Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Lazare Carnot (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Lunar features | Crater Carnot |
| Paris street names | Avenue Carnot and Rue Carnot (17th Arrondissement) |
| Commemorated on the Eiffel Tower | |
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