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Augustin-Louis Cauchy

A Biography

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  • © 1991

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  1. Bruno Belhoste

    1. Service d’histoire de l’éducation, Institut national de recherche pédagogique, Paris, France

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Formative Years

    • Bruno Belhoste
    Pages 1-17

  3. Sojourn at Cherbourg

    • Bruno Belhoste
    Pages 18-31

  4. The Waiting Room of the Academy

    • Bruno Belhoste
    Pages 32-42

  5. A Man of Science

    • Bruno Belhoste
    Pages 43-60

  6. Teaching at the École Polytechnique

    • Bruno Belhoste
    Pages 61-86

  7. From the Theory of Waves to the Theory of Light

    • Bruno Belhoste
    Pages 87-106

  8. From the Theory of Singular Integrals to the Calculus of Residues

    • Bruno Belhoste
    Pages 107-131

  9. A Mathematician in the Congrégation

    • Bruno Belhoste
    Pages 132-142

  10. Exile in Turin

    • Bruno Belhoste
    Pages 143-158

  11. The Education of the Duke of Bordeaux

    • Bruno Belhoste
    Pages 159-173

  12. The Legitimist Mathematician

    • Bruno Belhoste
    Pages 174-190

  13. Scientific Works from 1838 to 1848

    • Bruno Belhoste
    Pages 191-212

  14. Practices and Principles in Cauchy’s Works

    • Bruno Belhoste
    Pages 213-222

  15. The Final Years 1848–1857

    • Bruno Belhoste
    Pages 223-240

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 241-380
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About this book

A great difficulty facing a biographer of Cauchy is that of delineating the curious interplay between the man, his times, and his scientific endeavors. Professor Belhoste has succeeded admirably in meeting this challenge and has thus written a vivid biography that is both readable and informative. His subject stands out as one of the most brilliant, versatile, and prolific fig ures in the annals of science. Nearly two hundred years have now passed since the young Cauchy set about his task of clarifying mathematics, extending it, applying it wherever possible, and placing it on a firm theoretical footing. Through Belhoste's work we are afforded a detailed, rather personalized picture of how a first rate mathematician worked at his discipline - his strivings, his inspirations, his triumphs, his failures, and above all, his conflicts and his errors.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Service d’histoire de l’éducation, Institut national de recherche pédagogique, Paris, France

    Bruno Belhoste

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Augustin-Louis Cauchy

  • Book Subtitle: A Biography

  • Authors: Bruno Belhoste

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2996-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7752-1Published: 30 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-2996-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 380

  • Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences, History of Science

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