Mathematician:Georges Fontené

French (?) mathematician about whom little can be found on the net.

Appears to have worked in linear algebra, among other things. Supposed to have priority over Eugène Rouché and Ferdinand Georg Frobenius on what is now generally known as the Rouché-Frobenius Theorem.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: 1848
 * Died: 1928

Theorems and Definitions

 * Rouché-Fontené Theorem (with Eugène Rouché) as it is known in France: also known as:
 * Rouché-Frobenius Theorem (after Eugène Rouché and Ferdinand Georg Frobenius)
 * Rouché-Capelli Theorem (after Eugène Rouché and Alfredo Capelli) as it is known in Italy
 * Kronecker-Capelli Theorem (after Leopold Kronecker and Alfredo Capelli) as it is known in Russia


 * Fontené-Ward Generalized Binomial Coefficients

Books and Papers

 * 1915: Généralisation d’une formule connue