Édouard Goursat Scientist

Édouard Jean-Baptiste Goursat (21 May 1858 – 25 November 1936) was a French mathematician, now remembered principally as an expositor for his Cours d'analyse mathématique, which appeared in the first decade of the twentieth century. It set a standard for the high-level teaching of mathematical analysis, especially complex analysis. This text was reviewed by William Fogg Osgood for the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. This led to its translation in English by Earle Raymond Hedrick published by Ginn and Company. Goursat also published texts on partial differential equations and hypergeometric series.

Personal facts

Birth date	May 21, 1858
Birth place	Lot (department) , Lanzac
Date of death	November 25, 1936
Place of death	Paris
Education	École Normale Supérieure
Known for	Goursat tetrahedron Goursat's theorem