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Pierre Michel Laurent was born on 22 March in Nancy, France, to Albert Laurent, a Professor of Mathematics at Nancy, and his wife Elisabeth Mültzer..
Pierre Alphonse Laurent
French mathematician (1813–1854)
For other people named Pierre Laurent, see Pierre Laurent (disambiguation).
Pierre Alphonse Laurent | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1813-07-18)18 July 1813 Paris, France |
| Died | 2 September 1854(1854-09-02) (aged 41) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
Pierre Alphonse Laurent (18 July 1813 – 2 September 1854) was a French mathematician, engineer, and Military Officer best known for discovering the Laurent series, an expansion of a function into an infinitepower series, generalizing the Taylor series expansion.
He was born in Paris, France.
Pierre Alphonse Laurent (18 July – 2 September ) was a French mathematician, engineer, and Military Officer best known for discovering the Laurent.
His father, Pierre Michel Laurent (1769 – 1841) was French, whereas his mother, Eleanor Cheshire (1778 – 1840) was English. Pierre Laurent entered the École Polytechnique in Paris in 1830 and graduated in 1832 as one of the best students in his year.
Afterwards, he joined the engineering corps as a second lieutenan