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Jacques Charles François Sturm

Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and theorist (died 1850)

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Born
September 29, 1803
Died
December 18, 1855
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1803

About Jacques Charles François Sturm

Jacques Charles François Sturm was a French mathematician, who made a significant addition to equation theory with his work, Sturm's theorem. In 1826, with his colleague Jean-Daniel Colladon, Sturm helped make the first experimental determination of the speed of sound in water. In 1829, he discovered the theorem that bears his name, and concerns real-root isolation, that is the determination of the number and the localization of the real roots of a polynomial. Sturm became répétiteur in 1838, and in 1840 professor in the École Polytechnique.

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Jacques Charles François Sturm timeline

  1. In 1826, with his colleague Jean-Daniel Colladon, Sturm helped make the first experimental determination of the speed of sound in water.
  2. In 1829, he discovered the theorem that bears his name, and concerns real-root isolation, that is the determination of the number and the localization of the real roots of a polynomial.
  3. Sturm became répétiteur in 1838, and in 1840 professor in the École Polytechnique.

The world when Jacques Charles François Sturm was born

Jacques Charles François Sturm was born in 1803. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

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  • Top headlineLouisiana Purchase doubles size of the US
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical steam locomotive by Trevithick
  • World population~915M

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  • U.S. leaderThomas Jefferson
  • U.S. population5.9M

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