Mathematician:Eugène Rouché

Mathematician

French mathematician best known for his work in complex analysis and calculus.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: 18 August 1832 in Sommières, Occitanie, Languedoc, France
• Died: 19 August 1910 in Lunel, Hérault, Languedoc, France

Theorems and Definitions

• Rouché's Theorem

• Rouché-Fontené Theorem (with Georges Fontené to whom priority actually goes) as it is known in France: also known as:

Rouché-Frobenius Theorem (with Ferdinand Georg Frobenius)

Rouché-Capelli Theorem (with Alfredo Capelli) as it is known in Italy

Kronecker-Capelli Theorem (after Leopold Kronecker and Alfredo Capelli) as it is known in Russia

Results named for Eugène Rouché can be found here.

Publications

• 1862: Mémoire sur la serie de Lagrange (in which Rouché's Theorem appears)
• 1874: Traité de géométrie élémentaire (with Charles De Comberousse)
• 1875: Sur la discussion des equations du premier degré (in which the Rouché-Frobenius Theorem appears)
• 1889: Éléments de Statique Graphique
• 1893: Coupe des pierres: précédée des principes du trait de stéréotomie (with Charles Brisse)
• 1900 - 02: Analyse infinitésimale à l'usage des ingénieurs (2 volumes) (with Lucien Lévy)

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Eugène Rouché": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive