Johan Gielis
Johan Gielis | |
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| Born | July 8, 1962 |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Citizenship | Belgian |
| Known for | Proposing the superformula |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Universal Natural Shapes (2010) |
| Website | https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=b9Q6yVMAAAAJ&hl=nl |
Johan Gielis (born July 8, 1962) is a Belgian engineer, scientist, mathematician, and entrepreneur. Gielis is known for his contributions to the field of mathematics, specifically in the area of modeling and geometrical methods. He is best known for developing the concept of the superformula, which is a generalization of the traditional Pythagorean theorem and the equation of the circle, that can generate a wide variety of complex shapes found in nature.