Cauchy

Cauchy Peak 2265m Prominence: 600m Located south of the Dean River, just west of Tweedsmuir park. This peak is a rocky summit, with a very steep northeastern face, and glaciers on the south. Its north ridge drops into Crag Creek. Augustin Louis Cauchy (August 21, 1789 - May 23, 1857) was a French mathematician. He started the project of formulating and proving the theorems of calculus in a rigorous manner and was thus an early pioneer of analysis. He also gave several important theorems in complex analysis and initiated the study of permutation groups. A profound mathematician, Cauchy exercised by his perspicuous and rigorous methods a great influence over his contemporaries and successors. His writings cover the entire range of mathematics and mathematical physics.