Sur la vie et l'oeuvre de François Budan (1761--1840). (On the life and work of F. Budan)
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Sur la vie et l'oeuvre de François Budan (1761--1840). (On the life and work of F. Budan)
zbMATH Open document ID: 0732.01024
DOI: 10.1016/0315-0860(91)90496-K
author: Jacques Borowczyk
published in: Historia Mathematica
publication date: 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The author gives a welcome account of an obscure mathematician of the French revolutionary period, whose work on the theory of equations has been remembered, partly for its quality and especially for his long and unjustified polemic over priority against Fourier. Both men independently found the method for determining the number of roots of a polynomial equation within a given interval of values. Two little known publications by Budan in this area are reproduced as appendices.
reviewed by: J. Goncerzewicz
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A55
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A70
zbMATH DE Number: 4210079
zbMATH Keywords: theory of equations
zbMATH Keywords: Fourier
MaRDI profile type: Publication
cites work: On the forgotten theorem of Mr. Vincent
cites work: Reflections on a Pair of Theorems by Budan and Fourier
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4210079