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 Parseval
Of course we have modernised the notation, for example subscript notation was not used in Parseval's time, and we have also corrected his theorem for he omitted the first 2 on the left hand side.
Parseval should have kept his head down if he wanted at avoid trouble but it was a time when it was almost impossible not to get drawn into the political events.
Parseval, perhaps not surprisingly since he was of noble birth, was a royalist so for him the increasing problems for the monarchy meant that his life was more and more in danger.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Parseval.html

  
 Parseval's theorem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parseval actually presented the theorem without proof, considering it to be self-evident.
Although the term "Parseval's theorem" is often used to describe the unitarity of any Fourier transform, especially in physics and engineering, the most general form of this property is more properly called the
In mathematics, Parseval's theorem usually refers to the result that the Fourier transform is
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parseval's_theorem

  
 MATH-HISTORY-LIST Archives -- August 1997 (#66)
S D Agashe, I regret to tell you that I have not located a copy of Parseval's article(s) on his well-known theorem.
Marc-Antoine Parseval (1755-1836) just published five essays in _Memoires presentes a l'Institute de France par divers savans_, vol.
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 21:29:50 -0300 Reply-To: Discussion List on the History of Mathematics From: Julio Gonzalez Cabillon Subject: Re: PARSEVAL Comments: To: Prof S D Agashe Comments: cc: Ivor Grattan-Guinness Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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 Short Biographies: P
He had only five publications, the second containing the well known Parseval's theorem.
He worked on geodesy but became interested in conformal map projections where he invented a quincuncial map projection using elliptic functions.
A royalist, he was imprisoned in 1792 and had to flee from France when Napoleon ordered his arrest for publishing poetry against the regime.
www.grammar.net.nz /dept_html/dept_common/scotch_college/maths/P.htm

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