Mathematician:Léon-François-Antoine Aurifeuille

Mathematician

French mathematician after whom Aurifeuillian factorizations are named.

Also wrote a number of books.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: 1822
• Died: 1882

Theorems and Definitions

• Aurifeuillian Factorization

Definitions of concepts named for Léon-François-Antoine Aurifeuille can be found here.

Publications

• 1847: Cours de géométrie élémentaire (with C. Richaud)
• 1859: Traité d'arithmétique (2nd ed.) (with C. Dumont)
• 1860: Traité de géométrie élémentaire (2nd ed.) (with C. Dumont)

As Alfred de Caston

• 1863: Les Tricheurs, scènes de jeu
• 1864: Les marchands de miracles; histoire de la superstition humaine

Also known as

Wrote some books under the pseudonym Alfred de Caston.