Cauchy


Augustin Louis
[oh-gy-stan lwee] /oʊ güˈstɛ̃ ˈlwi/ (Show IPA), 1789–1857, French mathematician.
Historical Examples

To the authors of these theories—Gauss, Green, Cauchy and others—he was a fit successor.
Lord Kelvin Andrew Gray

All our masters, from Laplace to Cauchy, have proceeded in the same way.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method Henri Poincar

He was on intimate terms with Cauchy, Arago, Ampre and others.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921 Thomas J. Campbell

noun
Augustin Louis (oɡystɛ̃ lwi), Baron Cauchy. 1789–1857, French mathematician, noted for his work on the theory of functions and the wave theory of light

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