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Cauchy
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Cau·chy  (k-sh), Baron Augustin Louis 1789-1857.
French mathematician whose Cours d'Analyse (1821) introduced modern rigor into calculus. He founded the theory of functions of a complex variable and made contributions to the mathematical theory of elasticity and the wave theory of light.

Cauchy [ˈkaʊʃɪ (French) koʃi]
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(Biographies / Cauchy, Augustin Louis, Baron Cauchy (1789-1857) M, French, SCIENCE: mathematician) Augustin Louis (ogystɛ̃ lwi), Baron Cauchy. 1789-1857, French mathematician, noted for his work on the theory of functions and the wave theory of light


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