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Caspar Wessel.
Danish–Norwegian mathematician and cartographer (1745–1818)
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About Caspar Wessel
Caspar Wessel was a Danish–Norwegian mathematician and cartographer. In 1799, Wessel was the first person to describe the geometrical interpretation of complex numbers as points in the complex plane and vectors.
Everything about Caspar Wessel →- Occupation
- mathematician, cartographer, geodesist, surveyor
- Citizenship
- Norway, Kingdom of Denmark
- Born
- June 8, 1745
- Died
- March 25, 1818