Which Happened First?

Augustin-Louis Cauchy

Augustin-Louis Cauchy
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Baron 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.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Jean-Victor PonceletJuly 1, 1788 – December 22, 1867
  2. William Henry SmythJanuary 21, 1788 – September 1865
  3. Augustin-Louis Cauchy (this page)August 21, 1789 – May 23, 1857
  4. Georg Simon OhmMarch 16, 1789 – July 6, 1854
  5. Heinrich SchwabeOctober 25, 1789 – April 11, 1875
  6. William Cranch BondSeptember 9, 1789 – January 29, 1859

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