Mathematician:Paul Charpit de Ville Coer

Mathematician

French mathematician about whom very little is known, not even his approximate date of birth.

Made some contributions to the science of differential equations, but died before he was able to get anything published.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: Unknown, probably the 1750s
• 1782: Moved from Strasbourg to Paris in order to study at the Collège de France
• Died: 1784

Theorems and Definitions

• Charpit's Equations
• Lagrange-Charpit Method (with Joseph Louis Lagrange)

Publications

• 1784: Memoire sur l'intégration des equations aux differences partielles

Also known as

His name is sometimes seen as de Villecourt.

Usually known just as Paul Charpit.