Geneviève Guitel

Geneviève Guitel
Born(1895-05-24)24 May 1895
Marly-le-Roi, France
Died30 July 1982(1982-07-30) (aged 87)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
OccupationMathematician
Known forCoining the terms long scale and short scale

Geneviève Guitel (24 May 1895 – 30 July 1982) was a French mathematician. She is noted for the introduction of the terms échelle longue and échelle courte (long scale and short scale) to refer to two of the main numbering systems used around the world. Post retirement, she had a second career as a historian of mathematics.

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