Edmond Nicolas Laguerre
Born(1834-04-09)9 April 1834
Died14 August 1886(1886-08-14) (aged 52)
Bar-le-Duc, France
Known forLaguerre polynomials, Laguerre's method, Laguerre plane
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics

Edmond Nicolas Laguerre (9 April 1834, Bar-le-Duc – 14 August 1886, Bar-le-Duc) was a French mathematician[1] and a member of the Académie des sciences (1885). His main works were in the areas of geometry and complex analysis. He also investigated orthogonal polynomials (see Laguerre polynomials). Laguerre's method is a root-finding algorithm tailored to polynomials. He laid the foundations of a geometry of oriented spheres (Laguerre geometry and Laguerre plane), including the Laguerre transformation or transformation by reciprocal directions.

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  1. ^ Colby, Frank Moore; Williams, Talcott (1918). "LAGUERRE, Edmond Nicolas". The New International Encyclopaedia. Vol. 13 (2nd ed.). pp. 468–469.

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