Jan Vaerman (1653–1731)[1] was a Flemish mathematician.[2][3]

Frontispiece from Vaerman's Academia Mathematica of Oeffen-school van de Wis-konst
Academia Mathematica of Oeffen-school vande Wis-konst (1719)

He worked as a school teacher first in Bruges and then, from 1693 to 1717, in Tielt. He wrote about French grammar, arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry and planimetrics.[4]

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  1. "Jan Vaerman". Biografisch Portaal (in Dutch).
  2. J. G. Frederiks; F. Jos. van den Branden (1890). "Vaerman (Jan)". Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde (in Dutch). Amsterdam: L. J. Veen. p. 799.
  3. Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde (in Dutch). Ghent: A. Siffer. 1891. pp. 236, 240–241.
  4. "Vaerman (Jan)". Biographie Nationale de Belgique (PDF) (in French). Vol. 26. Bruxelles: Émile Bruylant. 1936–1938. pp. 15–17.