Caspar Wessel

Caspar Wessel (8 June 1745, Vestby – 25 March 1818, Copenhagen) 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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    On the analytical representation of direction : an attempt applied chiefly to solving plane and spherical polygons, 1797 /

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    Essai sur la représentation analytique de la direction,

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    Den Nord vestlige Fierdedeel af Siælland : under det Kongl: Viidenskabernes Societets Direction ved rigtig Landmaaling optaget og ved trigonometriske samt astronomiske operationer prövet /
    by Wessel, Caspar, 1745-1818
    Published 1771

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    Kort over den nordlige deel af Fyen med tilgrændsende kyster af Jylland oo Schleswig : under det Kongl: Viidenskabernes Societets direction ved rigtig Landmaaling optaget og ved trigonomoetriske samt astronomiske operationer prövet /
    by Wessel, Caspar, 1745-1818
    Published 1780

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    Kort over Siaelland og Möen, med tilgraendsende kyster af Skaane, Falster, Laaland, Langeland, Thorsinge, Fyen, Samsöe og Jylland ..
    by Wessel, Caspar, 1745-1818
    Published 1777

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    Om directionens analytiske betegning, et forsøg, anvendt fornemmelig til plane og sphaeriske polygoners opløsning ..
    by Wessel, Caspar, 1745-1818
    Published 1896

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    Richard III in Shakespeare's plays compared with Richard III in history
    by Wessel, Caspar, 1745-1818
    Published 1876

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    Kiøbenhavns Amt : efter Kongelig ordre opmaalt og ved trigonometriske operationer prövet under del Kongel. Videnskabers Societets direction /
    by Wessel, Caspar, 1745-1818
    Published 1766

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    Around Caspar Wessel and the geometric representation of complex numbers : proceedings of the Wessel Symposium at The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen, August 11-15 1998. Invited papers /
    Published 2001
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