Historical FigureMale
Augustin Louis Cauchy
1789 – 1857
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryBaron Augustin-Louis Cauchy was a French mathematician, engineer, and physicist. He was one of the first to rigorously state and prove the key theorems of calculus, pioneered the field of complex analysis, and the study of permutation groups in abstract algebra. Cauchy also contributed to a number of topics in mathematical physics, notably continuum mechanics.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 21, 1789
Paris
Date of death
May 23, 1857
Sceaux
Citizenship
France
Occupations & fields
mathematicianengineerphysicistuniversity teacher
Awards & honours
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts orderKnight of the Legion of HonourGrand prix des sciences mathématiquesConcours généralFellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesForeign Member of the Royal Society
Notable works
Cauchy–Schwarz inequalitycauchy sequenceCauchy problemCauchy principal valueCauchy's convergence testCauchy product
- Field and occupation
- francouzský matematik
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