Victor Puiseux

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Victor Alexandre Puiseux (French: [pɥizø]; 16 April 1820 – 9 September 1883) was a French mathematician and astronomer. Puiseux series are named after him, as is in part the Bertrand–Diquet–Puiseux theorem.

Victor Puiseux.

Life

He was born in 1820 in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise. He occupied the chair of celestial mechanics at the Sorbonne. Excelling in mathematical analysis, he introduced new methods in his account of algebraic functions, and by his contributions to celestial mechanics advanced knowledge in that direction. In 1871, he was unanimously elected to the French Academy.

One of his sons, Pierre Henri Puiseux, was a famous astronomer.

He died in 1883 in Frontenay, France.

References

O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Victor Alexandre Puiseux", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews .
Victor Puiseux at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Victor-Alexandre Puiseux". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 36854169 LCCN: nr2002019860 GND: 117705543 BNF: cb15354872f MGP: 129884

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Name	Puiseux, Victor
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Short description	French mathematician
Date of birth	16 April 1820
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Date of death	9 September 1883
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