François Budan de Boislaurent worked in mathematics at a period when the field's own foundations were under discussion.
The record lists François Budan de Boislaurent as French mathematician.
François Budan de Boislaurent was born at Limonade in 1761. His recorded nationality is France. He studied at College of Juilly and Paris Medical Faculty.
This was the age of analysis, when the calculus was pushed hard and its foundations were not yet secure.
The recorded fields of work are mathematical analysis.
Among his principal contributions are Budan's theorem and Nouvelle méthode pour la résolution des équations numériques d'un degré quelconque. A theorem is permanent in a way no experiment can be, which raises the standard for entry.
The honours record reads: Knight of the Legion of Honour (1814).
That the work was done from France matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
François Budan de Boislaurent died in 1840, aged 79. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Knight of the Legion of Honour — 1814
- Notable work: Budan's theorem
- Notable work: Nouvelle méthode pour la résolution des équations numériques d'un degré quelconque
- Fields: mathematical analysis
