Augustin Louis Baron Cauchy (∗August 21, 1789, in Paris, France; †May 23, 1857, in Sceaux, France) was a mathematician and physicist who made pioneering discoveries in mathematical analysis and the theory of elasticity.
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Altenbach, H. (2020). Cauchy, Augustin Louis. In: Altenbach, H., Öchsner, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Continuum Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55771-6_126
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