Augustin Louis Cauchy quotes

Augustin Louis Cauchy was a French mathematician renowned for his foundational work in analysis and complex functions. His pioneering contributions greatly shaped modern mathematics, especially in rigor and formalization. He is remembered as one of the most influential mathematicians of the nineteenth century. Here are 7 of his quotes:

Residues arise ... naturally in several branches of analysis .... Their consideration provides simple and easy-to-use methods, which are applicable to a large number of diverse questions, and some new results ....

Augustin Louis Cauchy

I am a sincere Catholic as it were Corneille, Racine, La Bruyère, Bossnet, Bourdaloue, Fènelon, as were and still are so many of the most of the honor of out science, philosophy and literature, and have conferred such brilliant ustre on our Academies. I share the deep conviction openly manifested in words, deeds and writings by so many savants of the first rank, by a Ruffini, a Haüy, a Laënnec, an Ampere, a Pelletier, a Freycinet, a Coriolis and I avoid naming any of those living, for fear of paining their podesty. I may at least be allowed to say that I loved to recognize all the noble generosity of the Christian Faith in my illustrious friends the creator of Crystallography (Haüy), the introducers of quinine and stethoscope (Pelletier and Laënnec), the famous voyager on board of the 'Urania', and the immortal founders of the theory of Dynamic Electricity.

Augustin Louis Cauchy

I am a Christian, that is, I believe in the divinity of Christ, as did Tycho Brahe, Copernicus, Descartes, Newton, Fermat, Leibniz, Pascal, Grimaldi, Euler, Guldin; Boscovich, Gerdil, as did all the great astronomers, physicist and geometricians of past ages.

Augustin Louis Cauchy

As translated by Julio Antonio Gonzalo (2008). The Intelligible Universe: An Overview of the Last Thirteen Billion Years.

Augustin Louis Cauchy

Men pass away, but their deeds abide. [His last words.].

Augustin Louis Cauchy

As for methods I have sought to give them all the rigour that one requires in geometry, so as never to have recourse to the reasons drawn from the generality of algebra.

Augustin Louis Cauchy