Silvestre Francois Lacroix (Paris, 1765 - ibid., 1843) was a most influential mathematical book author. His most famous work is the three-volume Traite du calcul differentiel et du calcul integral (1797-1800; 2nd ed. 1810-1819) an encyclopedic appraisal of 18th-century calculus which remained the standard reference on the subject through much of the 19th century, in spite of Cauchy's reform of the subject in the 1820's.
Lacroix and the Calculus is the first major study of Lacroix s large Traite. It uses the unique and massive bibliography given by Lacroix to...
Silvestre Francois Lacroix (Paris, 1765 - ibid., 1843) was a most influential mathematical book author. His most famous work is the three-volume Tr...
