Volume no :12, Issue no: 1, November (2011)

THE GREAT OF FRENCH MATHEMATICS

Author's: THOMAS P. DENCE
Pages: [1] - [39]
Received Date: September 13, 2011
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Abstract

During and surrounding the 18th century, France was the dominant player in the world of mathematics. This article highlights the lives and accomplishments, of 11 of the great French mathematicians at this time, who all had an interesting characteristic in common.

Keywords

Lagrange, Laplace, Legendre, école polytechnique, calculus.