Cauchy biography mathematician

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    Cauchy biography mathematician

  • Cauchy biography mathematician
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    Born
    21 August
    Paris, France
    Died
    23 May
    Sceaux (near Paris), France
    Summary
    Augustin-Louis Cauchy pioneered the study of analysis, both real and complex, and the theory of permutation groups.

    He also researched in convergence and divergence of infinite series, differential equations, determinants, probability and mathematical physics.

    Biography

    Paris was a difficult place to live in when Augustin-Louis Cauchy was a young child due to the political events surrounding the French Revolution.

    When he was four years old his father, fearing for his life in Paris, moved his family to Arcueil. There things were hard and he wrote in a letter [4]:-

    We never have more than a half pound of bread - and sometimes not even that.

    This we supplement with the little supply of hard crackers and rice that we are allotted.

    They soon returned to Paris and Cauchy's father was active in the education of young Augustin-Louis. Laplace and Lagrange were visitors at the C