Award
Poncelet Prize
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Edmond Laguerre
1834-04-09 – 1886-08-14
Life & Legacy
Edmond Nicolas Laguerre (9 April 1834, Bar-le-Duc – 14 August 1886, Bar-le-Duc) was a French mathematician and a member of the Académie des sciences (1885). His main works were in the areas of geometry and complex analysis. He also investigated orthogonal polynomials (see Laguerre polynomials). Laguerre's method is a root-finding algorithm tailored to polynomials. He laid the foundations of a geometry of oriented spheres (Laguerre geometry and Laguerre plane), including the Laguerre transformation or transformation by reciprocal directions.
Occupation & Career
mathematician, professor, scientist, university teacher, military officer
Education
École polytechnique; École d'application de l'artillerie et du génie in Metz
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Poncelet Prize; Officer of the Legion of Honour; Knight of the Legion of Honour; Laguerre polynomial; Laguerre's method; Laguerre plane; power diagram; Samuelson's inequality; Laguerre–Pólya class; Laguerre form; Laguerre transform; Laguerre formula; Laguerre transformations; Gauss–Laguerre quadrature
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Knight of the Legion of Honour · Officer of the Legion of Honour · Poncelet Prize
Employer
3rd Artillery Regiment · Château des Rohan · Collège de France · École polytechnique
Organizations & Memberships
French Academy of Sciences
Notable Work
Gauss–Laguerre quadrature · Laguerre form · Laguerre formula · Laguerre plane · Laguerre polynomial · Laguerre transform · Laguerre transformations · Laguerre–Pólya class · Laguerre's method · power diagram · Samuelson's inequality
Education & Institutions
École d'application de l'artillerie et du génie in Metz · École polytechnique
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Officer of the Legion of Honour
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Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q560815 · wikidata
Notable Work
Laguerre polynomial
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q560815 · wikidata
Notable Work
Laguerre's method
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q560815 · wikidata
Notable Work
Laguerre plane
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q560815 · wikidata
Notable Work
power diagram
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q560815 · wikidata
Notable Work
Samuelson's inequality
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q560815 · wikidata
Notable Work
Laguerre–Pólya class
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q560815 · wikidata
Notable Work
Laguerre form
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q560815 · wikidata
Notable Work
Laguerre transform
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q560815 · wikidata
Notable Work
Laguerre formula
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q560815 · wikidata
Notable Work
Laguerre transformations
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q560815 · wikidata
Notable Work
Gauss–Laguerre quadrature
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q560815 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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