Cauchy (disambiguation)

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Cauchy may refer to

•  Augustin-Louis Cauchy: (1789 – 1857) prominent French mathematician, one of the pioneers of rigor in mathematics and complex analysis. ^[e]
•  Cauchy sequence: Sequence in which the distance between two elements becomes smaller and smaller. ^[e]
•  Cauchy-Schwarz inequality: The inequality $\textstyle (\sum _{i}x_{i}y_{i})^{2}\leq (\sum _{i}x_{i}^{2})(\sum _{i}y_{i}^{2})$ or its generalization |⟨x,y⟩| ≤ ||x|| ||y||. ^[e]
• Cauchy moment: A Cauchy moment of order k is the factor of ω^2k in the expansion of the frequency-dependent polarizability α(ω) in even powers of frequency ω. ^[e]