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The latest elections were a fiasco for the government, which has faced intense popular opposition and serious economic difficulties for months. Hoping to regain the initiative, the head of state then decides, to everyone’s surprise, to dissolve the National Assembly…
Worth reading: Belhoste's biography of Cauchy | Tangente
Writing a biography of a man like Cauchy is a tour de force.
A series of errors
Nobody is perfect—not even the greatest mathematicians in their own field. Take Cauchy, who made a mistake concerning the convergence of series of functions—one that no student would dare make today.
The other bicentenary: Cauchy commemorated in 1989 | Tangente
In France, 1989 was a year of major celebrations marking the bicentenary of the 1789 Revolution. Yet it was also the bicentenary of Cauchy's birth.
Cauchy the poet: defending maths in verse | Tangente
Although his name means only one thing to us—that of a mathematician—Cauchy also had a solid classical education. Having won distinction in the literary papers of the Concours général, he even tried his hand at poetry to explain the value of his science.
From Arcueil to Sceaux: in Cauchy's footsteps | Tangente
Cauchy had close ties to the southern suburbs of Paris. After growing up in Arcueil, he spent his holidays in Sceaux, where he produced some of his mathematical work. He also died and was buried there.