Talk:Augustin Louis Cauchy

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Can someone provide a correct pronunciation of "Cauchy"?

I think it should be something like "koh-shee".

The correct French pronunciation is like "koh-shee." The American bastardization version is like "Cushy." - K. Cauchy

[edit] What oath?

I was reading this article and it seems that the oath Cauchy is required to take has a pretty big role on his life. I tried going to the page on École Polytechnique, but there isn't anything there about the oath. I think a good addition to this article would be to explain it or link to it somewhere or even just a description of it. Is it somehow related to the July_Revolution? Wuzzeb 05:13, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC).

Cauchy was a royalist devoted to the House of Bourbon. The oath I think required him to end his allegiance to Charles X of France and he would not do that. Granted this is a very late answer, but political and religious views of mathematicians are often made very unclear at Wikipedia even when they're relevant to the topic at hand. (Which it is relevant in this case on several fronts)--T. Anthony 08:19, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

The German version I believe indicates his family were also royalist and the damage done to them by the July Revolution is part of why he was intense on the matter.(Well going by my interpretation of the babelized English translation)--T. Anthony 08:52, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Looking through the edits it seems little has been added about him as a person since Fall of 2004. (Well I just did, but before that) So I guess that's why this was left unanswered.--T. Anthony 09:54, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Abel and Galois

The page about Cauchy should tell how Cauchy tried to stop Niels Abel and Evariste Galois from getting recognition in the scientific world.

I'd need more information to do that. I've found a bit, but I think more is needed.--T. Anthony 09:57, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

The Wiki article on Galois http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois contains some information about the interaction of Cauchy and Galois. From that piece, it seems that the oft-repeated charge against Cauchy is in part a mere sentimental legend in support of the tragic, albeit flakey, Galois. People tend to say nice things about guys who die young. LDH 06:18, 21 February 2007 (UTC)