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'''Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital''' is perhaps best known for the [[l'Hôpital's rule|rule]] which bears his name for calulating the limiting value of a fraction whose numerator and denominator approach zero. However, he is the [[author]] of the first known [[calculus]] textbook. Published in 1696, the text includes the lectures of his teacher, [[Johann Bernoulli]]. |
'''Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital''' is perhaps best known for the [[l'Hôpital's rule|rule]] which bears his name for calulating the limiting value of a fraction whose numerator and denominator approach zero. However, he is the [[author]] of the first known [[calculus]] textbook. Published in 1696, the text includes the lectures of his teacher, [[Johann Bernoulli]], inwhich Bernoulli discusses the indeterminate form 0/0. |
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Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital is perhaps best known for the rule which bears his name for calulating the limiting value of a fraction whose numerator and denominator approach zero. However, he is the author of the first known calculus textbook. Published in 1696, the text includes the lectures of his teacher, Johann Bernoulli, inwhich Bernoulli discusses the indeterminate form 0/0.