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 anal
Lithography of Cauchy around 1840
Portrait of Cauchy by Jean Roller, today in the Château de Sceaux, near Paris
Cauchy in later life
The title page of a textbook by Cauchy.
École polytechnique
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École polytechnique is a grande école located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris.
The chemistry auditorium in the old building in the Quartier Latin, photographed by Jules David in 1904
Statue in the courtyard commemorating the cadets of the school rushing to the defence of Paris in 1814. A replica was installed in West Point.
Pediment of historical buildings, rue Descartes in Paris
Historical entrance of the École polytechnique Paris campus at the junction of the rue de la Montagne Saint-Genevieve and rue Descartes