Guillaume de l'Hôpital
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Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital[1] (French: [ɡijom fʁɑ̃swa ɑ̃twan maʁki də lopital]; sometimes spelled L'Hospital; 1661 – 2 February 1704)[lower-alpha 1] was a French mathematician. His name is firmly associated with l'Hôpital's rule for calculating limits involving indeterminate forms 0/0 and ∞/∞. Although the rule did not originate with l'Hôpital, it appeared in print for the first time in his 1696 treatise on the infinitesimal calculus, entitled Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes.[3] This book was a first systematic exposition of differential calculus. Several editions and translations to other languages were published and it became a model for subsequent treatments of calculus.
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Born | Guillaume François Antoine de l'Hôpital (1661-06-07)June 7, 1661 Paris, France |
Died | 2 February 1704(1704-02-02) (aged 42–43) Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
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Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions | French Academy of Sciences |
Academic advisors | Johann Bernoulli |