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Cauchy

American  
[koh-shee] / koʊˈʃi /

noun

  1. Augustin Louis 1789–1857, French mathematician.


Cauchy British  
/ koʃi, ˈkaʊʃɪ /

noun

  1. Augustin Louis (oɡystɛ̃ lwi), Baron Cauchy. 1789–1857, French mathematician, noted for his work on the theory of functions and the wave theory of light

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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This quilt, finished in January 2019, is “a quiet scream,” she wrote on her blog, Completely Cauchy, a nod to mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy.

From Washington Post Dec. 22, 2020

“I’m disappointed and scared because he didn’t understand the anger,” Mr. Cauchy added.

From New York Times Nov. 27, 2018

Kimber, who has gained a following for her quilting blog "Completely Cauchy," holds a cult-like status in the modern quilting community.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2016

And so, in his “Cours d’Analyse” of 1821, Cauchy recast the calculus without resorting to the intuitive idea that a line is composed of infinitesimal points.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2014

Navier's equations, slightly generalized, were used by Cauchy with a certain amount of success to explain reflection, refraction, and the phenomena of crystal-optics.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

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