Augustin-Louis Cauchy: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy
Born August 21, 1789 • Paris • France
Died May 23, 1857 (aged 67) • France
Subjects Of Study calculus • complex variable • elasticity • error • infinitesimal

Bernhard Riemann, lithograph after a portrait, artist unknown, 1863.
Bernhard Riemann
German mathematician
Engraved portrait of Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler in profile, wearing a dark coat and ruffled white shirt, from the 1740s.
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician
John Wallis, oil painting after a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Wallis
English mathematician
Henri Poincaré, 1909.
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician
Joseph Fourier
Joseph Fourier
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Adrien-Marie Legendre
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Joseph Liouville
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Sophie Germain
French mathematician
Jacques-Salomon Hadamard.
Jacques-Salomon Hadamard
French mathematician
Lebesgue, portrait by an unknown artist, 1929
Henri-Léon Lebesgue
French mathematician
Charles-Émile Picard.
Charles-Émile Picard
French mathematician
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Laurent Lafforgue
French mathematician
Charles-François Sturm
Charles-François Sturm
French-Swiss mathematician
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Camille Jordan
French mathematician
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Édouard-Jean-Baptiste Goursat
French mathematician
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
English physicist and mathematician
Norbert Wiener.
Norbert Wiener
American mathematician
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Seki Takakazu
Japanese mathematician
Johann Bernoulli, oil painting by Johann Jakob Meyer, 1720; in a private collection
Johann Bernoulli
Swiss mathematician
Karl Weierstrass
Karl Weierstrass
German mathematician