Étienne Bézout
Étienne Bézout (French: [bezu]; 31 March 1730 – 27 September 1783) was a French mathematician who was born in Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, France, and died in Avon (near Fontainebleau), France.
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| Born | 31 March 1730 |
| Died | 27 September 1783 (aged 53) |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Bézout's theorem Bézout's identity Bézout matrix Bézout domain |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | French Academy of Sciences |
Work
In 1758 Bézout was elected an adjoint in mechanics of the French Academy of Sciences. Besides numerous minor works, he wrote a Théorie générale des équations algébriques, published at Paris in 1779, which in particular contained much new and valuable matter on the theory of elimination and symmetrical functions of the roots of an equation: he used determinants in a paper in the Histoire de l'académie royale, 1764, but did not treat the general theory.
Publications
- Cours de mathématiques, a l'usage du corps de l'artillerie (in French). Vol. 3. Paris: Tilliard. 1798.
Legacy
After his death, a statue was erected in his birth town, Nemours, to commemorate his achievements.[1]
In 2000, the minor planet 17285 Bezout was named after him.[2]
References
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Étienne Bézout", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- "(17285) Bezout". minorplanetcenter.net. Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
- The original version of this article was taken from the public domain Rouse History of Mathematics
- Grabiner, Judith (1970–1980). "Bezout, Etienne". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Vol. 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 111–114. ISBN 978-0-684-10114-9.
External links
Media related to Étienne Bézout at Wikimedia Commons- Étienne Bézout at the Mathematics Genealogy Project