Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier, also written L'Huillier, was a Swiss mathematician of French Huguenot descent, born in Geneva on 24 April 1750 and dead there on 28 March 1840. He is known for his work in mathematical analysis and topology, in particular his generalization of Euler's formula for planar graphs. He won the mathematics prize of the Berlin Academy of Sciences for 1784 with an answer to a question on the foundations of the calculus, published in 1787 as Exposition élémentaire des principes des calculs supérieurs, though Lagrange, who had suggested the question, called it the best of a bad lot. L'Huilier introduced the abbreviation lim for the limit, which reappeared in Cauchy's Cours d'Analyse of 1821.
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Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (or L'Huillier) (24 April 1750 in Geneva – 28 March 1840 in Geneva) was a Swiss mathematician of French Huguenot descent.
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Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (or L'Huillier) (24 April 1750 in Geneva, 28 March 1840 in Geneva) was a Swiss mathematician of French Huguenot descent.
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Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (or L'Huillier) (24 April 1750 in Geneva, 28 March 1840 in Geneva) was a Swiss mathematician of French Huguenot descent.
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He is known for his work in mathematical analysis and topology, and in particular the generalization of Euler's formula for planar graphs.
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He is known for his work in mathematical analysis and topology, and in particular the generalization of Euler's formula for planar graphs.
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He is known for his work in mathematical analysis and topology, and in particular the generalization of Euler's formula for planar graphs.
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He is known for his work in mathematical analysis and topology, and in particular the generalization of Euler's formula for planar graphs.
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