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Cau⋅chy

[koh-shee]
–noun
Au⋅gus⋅tin Louis [oh-gy-stan lwee] , 1789–1857, French mathematician.
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Cau·chy   (kō-shē')   
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.
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