Cauchy
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.ʃi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.ʃi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊʃi
Proper noun
Cauchy
- A French surname; notably that of prolific mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857).
Usage notes
- Used attributively in various terms in mathematics to imply association with the work of Augustin-Louis Cauchy, although often the most direct association is to another such term.
Derived terms
- Cauchyan
- Cauchy boundary condition
- Cauchy data
- Cauchy distribution
- Cauchy horizon
- Cauchy momentum equation
- Cauchy problem
- Cauchy-Riemann equation
- Cauchy-Schwarz inequality
- Cauchy sequence
- Cauchy space
- Cauchy stress tensor
- Cauchy surface
Adjective
Cauchy (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Of a sequence in a metric space, whose terms become arbitrarily close to one another.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈʃi/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /koˈʃi/
Proper noun
Cauchy m or f by sense