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Étienne Bézout
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French mathematician (1730-1783)
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Étienne Bézout was a French mathematician whose primary field of work was number theory. Born in Nemours in 1730, he held citizenship in the Kingdom of France. He served as a member and employer of the French Academy of Sciences. Bézout spoke and wrote in French, as well as English.
His notable works include Bézout's identity, Bézout's theorem, and the Bézout domain. Other writings attributed to him include *Osnovy Geometrīi*, *An elementary treatise on plane and spherical trigonometry*, and *Navigat︠s︡īonnyi︠a︡ ili morekhodnyi︠a︡ izsli︠e︡dovanīi︠a︡*. He died in Avon in 1783.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1730-03-31 ) 31 March 1730, Nemours , Seine-et-Marne
- Died
- 27 September 1783 (1783-09-27) (aged 53), Avon , Île-de-France
- Known for
- Bézout's theorem , Bézout's identity , Bézout matrix , Bézout domain
- Parents
- Pierre Bézout (father) Jeanne-Hélène Filz (mother)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- French Academy of Sciences
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Étienne
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Place of birth
- Nemours
- Place of death
- Avon
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Employer
- French Academy of Sciences
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- number theory
- Image
- Justin Sanson - Etienne Bezout.jpg
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- Étienne Bézout
- date of birth
- 1730-03-31
- date of death
- 1783-09-27
- name in native language
- Étienne Bézout
- writing language
- French
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- Hydra
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Encyclopedic overview
Étienne Bézout ( French: [bezu]; 31 March 1730 – 27 September 1783) was a French mathematician who was born in Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, France, and died in Avon (near Fontainebleau), France.
Early life
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