Léon-François-Antoine Aurifeuille
French mathematician
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| Intro | French mathematician | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Mathematician | |
| Work field | Mathematics | |
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| Birth | March 1822, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitania, France | |
| Death | 1882 (aged 59 years) |
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Léon-François-Antoine Aurifeuille (1822–1882) was a French mathematician after whom Aurifeuillean factorizations are named.
He was the author of three books: Cours de géométrie élémentaire (with C. Richaud, Paris: Bachelier, 1847), Traité de géométrie élémentaire (with C. Dumont, 2nd ed., Toulouse: Bonnal & Gibrac, 1860), and Traité d'arithmétique (with C. Dumont, 2nd ed., Toulouse: Bonnal & Gibrac, 1859).
Under the pseudonym Alfred de Caston, he also wrote several other books, including Les Tricheurs, scènes de jeu (Paris: E. Dentu, 1863) and Les marchands de miracles; histoire de la superstition humaine (Paris: E. Dentu, 1864).