Regiomontanus

[ree-jee-oh-mon-tey-nuhs, -tah-, rej-ee-, rey-gee-oh-mohn-tah-noos]

noun

1. Johann Müller von Königsberg, 1436–76, German mathematician and astronomer.

Regiomontanus

/ ˌriːdʒɪəʊmɒnˈteɪnəs, -ˈtɑː-, -ˈtæn- /

noun

1. original name Johann Müller . 1436–76, German mathematician and astronomer, who furthered the development of trigonometry

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Although Regiomontanus died in 1476, the Epitome was not published for another twenty years, when it set the young Copernicus thinking.

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Regiomontanus, it is true, planned to publish him, but, where other texts Regiomontanus had planned to publish appeared in print in due course, Theodoric’s little treatise did not.

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Regiomontanus had died several years earlier, in 1475 at Rome, where he had gone by invitation of the Pope to effect a reformation in the calendar.

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This Johannus Regiomontanus, a Franconian, has proved, with a skill hitherto equalled only by that of those who proved the ninth sphere, which travels from west to east.

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The invitation was accepted on condition that his pupil Regiomontanus should go with him.

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