{"id":3755,"date":"2022-04-25T21:36:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T19:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centre-mersenne.org\/why-the-name-mersenne\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T15:08:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T14:08:12","slug":"why-the-name-mersenne","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.centre-mersenne.org\/en\/why-the-name-mersenne\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the name Mersenne ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3755\" class=\"elementor elementor-3755 elementor-1193\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ceefab1 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ceefab1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11e7243\" data-id=\"11e7243\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39535fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39535fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why the name Mersenne ?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d27d7d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d27d7d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-03baa15\" data-id=\"03baa15\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bc0f55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bc0f55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The name Mersenne comes from Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), a French philosopher and a religious person.<\/p>\n<p>He created in 1635 the <em>Academia Parisiensis<\/em>, ancestor of the French Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences (Academy of Sciences), gathering mathematicians, astronomers, philosophers, doctors&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e5fe16 elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e5fe16\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4f4a18\" data-id=\"f4f4a18\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2162315 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" 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data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a20e68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a20e68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He is also known for his work in mathematics (list of prime numbers) and, secondarily, for his work in musicology.<\/p>\n<p>Like the Marin Mersenne Academy, the centre Mersenne aims to be a multidisciplinary, independent and sustainable scientific centre, participating in the development of science and encouraging the dissemination of knowledge. The centre Mersenne also provides expertise and advice on scientific publishing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A nickname: &#8220;the secretary of scientific Europe<\/strong><strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marin Mersenne maintained rich correspondence with illustrious contemporary scientists such as Galileo, Descartes, Constantine, Hobbes, Pascal, etc., informing them of the latest scientific discoveries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A quote (Baillet, 1691)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mersenne \u00ab s\u2019etoit rendu comme le centre de tous les gens de lettres par le commerce continuel qu\u2019il entretenoit avec tous, et tous avec luy. C\u2019etoit a luy qu\u2019ils envoyoient leurs doutes et leurs difficultez pour etre proposees par son moyen a ceux dont on attendoit les solutions ; et lorsqu\u2019il les avoit re \u0327cues, il les leur renvoyoit faisant a peu pres dans le corps de toute la republique des Lettres la fonction que fait le coeur dans le corps humain a l\u2019egard du sang. [&#8230;] Les Italiens le regardoient aussi bien que nous comme le grand negociant des Lettres, qui fournissoit les provisions aux autres, et qui scavoit exiger d\u2019eux ce qu\u2019ils etoient capables de produire. \u00bb<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why the name Mersenne ? The name Mersenne comes from Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), a French philosopher and a religious person. He created in 1635 the Academia Parisiensis, ancestor of the French Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences (Academy of Sciences), gathering mathematicians, astronomers, philosophers, doctors&#8230; He is also known for his work in mathematics (list of prime numbers) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Why the name Mersenne ?","_seopress_titles_desc":"Why is the centre Mersenne so called? 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