Guillaume de l’Hôpital

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French mathematician human mathematician

Guillaume de l’Hôpital was a French mathematician best known for L’Hôpital’s rule, a fundamental method for evaluating indeterminate limits in calculus.

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Label	Occurrences
Guillaume de l’Hôpital canonical	2
Guillaume François Antoine de l’Hôpital	1
Guillaume de l'Hôpital	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French mathematician ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ
alternateName	Guillaume de l’Hôpital ⓘ surface form: Guillaume François Antoine de l’Hôpital
authorOf	Analyse des infiniment petits pour l’intelligence des lignes courbes ⓘ
birthCountry	France ⓘ
birthDate	1661-02-05 ⓘ
birthPlace	Paris ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Johann Bernoulli ⓘ
contributedTo	early textbooks on calculus ⓘ rigorous exposition of differential calculus ⓘ
deathCountry	France ⓘ
deathDate	1704-02-02 ⓘ
deathPlace	Paris ⓘ
electedTo	Académie des Sciences ⓘ surface form: French Academy of Sciences
electionYear	1693 ⓘ
era	17th century mathematics ⓘ 18th century mathematics ⓘ
field	calculus ⓘ mathematics ⓘ
influenced	development of calculus textbooks ⓘ teaching of differential calculus in Europe ⓘ
influencedBy	Johann Bernoulli ⓘ
knownFor	Cauchy’s mean value theorem ⓘ surface form: L’Hôpital’s rule early work on differential calculus ⓘ
languageOfWork	French ⓘ
mathematicalSchool	continental calculus tradition ⓘ
memberOf	Académie des Sciences ⓘ surface form: French Academy of Sciences
name	Guillaume de l’Hôpital self-link ⓘ
nationality	French ⓘ
nobleTitle	Marquis de Saint-Mesme ⓘ
notableConcept	L’Hôpital’s rule for indeterminate limits ⓘ
notableWork	Analyse des infiniment petits pour l’intelligence des lignes courbes ⓘ
occupation	mathematician ⓘ military officer ⓘ
publicationYear	1696 ⓘ
ruleNamedAfter	L’Hôpital’s rule for indeterminate limits ⓘ surface form: L’Hôpital’s rule
servedIn	French Army ⓘ surface form: French army
socialClass	French nobility ⓘ
specialization	differential calculus ⓘ infinitesimal calculus ⓘ
studentOf	Johann Bernoulli ⓘ
subjectOf	history of calculus ⓘ priority dispute over L’Hôpital’s rule ⓘ
taughtBy	Johann Bernoulli in Paris ⓘ
usedMethod	infinitesimals ⓘ

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Johann Bernoulli → student → Guillaume de l’Hôpital ⓘ

brachistochrone problem → receivedSolutionsFrom → Guillaume de l’Hôpital ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guillaume de l'Hôpital

Guillaume de l’Hôpital → name → Guillaume de l’Hôpital self-link ⓘ

Guillaume de l’Hôpital → alternateName → Guillaume de l’Hôpital ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guillaume François Antoine de l’Hôpital