Caspar Wessel | |
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Born | |
Died | 25 March 1818 | (aged 72)
Nationality | ![]() ![]() |
Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
Known for | Complex numbers Complex plane Vectors |
Partner | Cathrine Elisabeth Brinck f. Müller |
Awards | Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
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.[1]
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