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Augustin Louis Cauchy

By: Remi Casier


Men pass away, but their deeds abide. Augustin Louis Cauchy was a French mathematician born on August 21, 1789 in Paris, France. Cauchy was the eldest of all of his siblings and son of Louis Cauchy. Cauchy began an early education from his father and was the particular interest in Lagrange, a visitor to the Cauchy home. In 1802, from the recommendation of Lagrange, Cauchy went to a school where he spent two years studying classical language. In 1805 Cauchy entered a math school and graduated two years later, when he entered an engineering school. After a few short years of an engineer, Augustin Louis decided to devote himself to mathematics. In 1833 Cauchy was summoned by the king Charles X of France to be a tutor for his grandson, and returned home in 1838. Cauchy spent most of his time in the Collège de France, which is a higher education and research establishment, despite several encounters with is strong religious beliefs. Cauchy died May 23, 1857 in Sceaux, France.

Cauchy had influential work in nearly every branch of mathematics, with nearly 800 publications, especially on the theory of functions, integral and differential calculus and algebraic analysis. Cauchy’s first major work occurred in 1805, with the simple solution to the problem of Apollonius. Cauchy continued to solve and generalize many other elegant problems throughout his years. Cauchy gave several important theorems in calculus and complex analysis and began the study of permutation groups.

Perhaps one of Cauchy's most well known theorems is the Cauchy Integral Theorem. The Cauchy Integral Theorem is a complex analysis that states about the line integrals for holomorphic functions in the complex plane.
If $f(z)$ is analytic in some simply connected region, then

\begin{align} \oint_y f(z)dz=0 \end{align}

For a multiply connected region,

\begin{align} \oint_{C_1} f(z)dz=\oint_{C_2} f(z)dz \end{align}


O'Connor, JJ (1997, January ). Augustin Louis Cauchy. Retrieved February 25, 2008, from The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive Web site: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Cauchy.html

Cauchy, Augustin-Louis, Baron. (2008). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 25, 2008, from Encyclopædia Britannica Web site: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9021867

Weisstein, E.W.Cauchy Integral Theorem. Retrieved February 25, 2008, from MathWorld Web site: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CauchyIntegralTheorem.html
 Nathan B 06 Mar 2008 14:46

Hey Remi, I really liked the quote at the beginning, its a really great hook. However, I think that in "After a few short years of an engineer", the 'of' may be replaced with an 'as'. Futhermore, when you are talking about his religious beliefs, you forgot to put and 'h' in his.

Nathan B
 Nathan B, 06 Mar 2008 14:46 Kiefer 17 Mar 2008 21:33

Good biography. Maybe you could have text beside his picture as well so that your article dosn't have a large blank space. Also, are one of your sources a journal article? If one is then my mistake, but you might want to use a journal article from the sites Mr. Laxon told us about.
 Kiefer, 17 Mar 2008 21:33 Netheram 26 Mar 2008 02:23

Your biography is very concise and to the point, sticking closely to Cauchy's mathematical history and . Cheers! My only concerns have to do with grammar, but they can easily be remedied by an editor. Ex.:


"Cauchy recieved an early education […] and Lagrange, a visitor to the Cauchy home, took a particular interest in the youth."

The Theorum looks great! This math text is tricky..
 Netheram, 26 Mar 2008 02:23 Mr Laxon 07 Apr 2008 03:46

Cauchy was very influential. Cauchy limits rule :)

What is a holomorphic function? A little more explanation might be good.

 Mr Laxon, 07 Apr 2008 03:46
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