Benjamin Olinde Rodrigues | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Born | |
Died | 17 December 1851 | (aged 56)
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Benjamin Olinde Rodrigues (6 October 1795 – 17 December 1851), more commonly known as Olinde Rodrigues, was a French banker, mathematician, and social reformer. In mathematics Rodrigues is remembered for Rodrigues' rotation formula for vectors, the Rodrigues formula for the Legendre polynomials, and the Euler–Rodrigues parameters.