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'''Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital''' ([[1661]] - [[1704]]) was a [[France|French]] [[mathematician]]. He is perhaps best known for the [[l'Hôpital's rule|rule which bears his name]] for calculating the [[limiting value]] of a fraction whose numerator and denominator approach zero. |
'''Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital''' ([[1661]] - [[February 4]], [[1704]]) was a [[France|French]] [[mathematician]]. He is perhaps best known for the [[l'Hôpital's rule|rule which bears his name]] for calculating the [[limiting value]] of a fraction whose numerator and denominator approach zero. |
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He is also the [[author]] of the first known [[calculus]] textbook. Published in 1696, the text includes the lectures of his teacher, [[Johann Bernoulli]], in which Bernoulli discusses the indeterminate form 0/0. |
He is also the [[author]] of the first known [[calculus]] textbook. Published in 1696, the text includes the lectures of his teacher, [[Johann Bernoulli]], in which Bernoulli discusses the indeterminate form 0/0. |
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Revision as of 19:51, 6 May 2004
Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital (1661 - February 4, 1704) was a French mathematician. He is perhaps best known for the rule which bears his name for calculating the limiting value of a fraction whose numerator and denominator approach zero.
He is also the author of the first known calculus textbook. Published in 1696, the text includes the lectures of his teacher, Johann Bernoulli, in which Bernoulli discusses the indeterminate form 0/0.
His name is also spelled l'Hospital. The circumflex in "l'Hôpital" is a neologism; it was not in use at the time l'Hôpital was alive.