L'Hopital's Rule
Calculus Textbook
Childhood
Bernoulli and L'Hopital
Misc.
100
limits involving indeterminate forms using 0/0 and infinity/infinity
What is L'Hopitals rule used to calculate?
100
Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes
What is the name of L'Hopital's Textbook
100
France
What is L'Hopital's country of origin?
100
1691
When did Bernoulli and L'Hopital meet?
100
Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital
What is L'Hopital's full name?
200
False
True or False: L'Hopitals Rule Originated with L'Hopital
200
1696
When was L'Hopital's textbook published?
200
True
True or False: L'Hopital was born into a nobel family.
200
He was a swiss mathmetician who tutored L'Hopital and is known for his contributions to infitessimal calculus.
Who exactly was Johann Bernoulli?
200
True
True or False: L'Hopital's first book was published annonymously.
300
In his treatise on the infitesimal calculus, called Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes
Where did L'Hopital's rule appear in print for the first time?
300
Infitessimal calculus with ideas of differential calculus and their applications to differential geometry of curves.
What type of calculus does L'Hopital's textbook cover?
300
Poor eyesight and a love for math
Why did L'Hopital abandon his military career?
300
In exchange for 30 francs a year, Bernoulli would inform L'Hopital of his latest discoveries without telling anyone else.
What agreement did L'Hopital and Bernoulli have?
300
The fact that L'Hopital hired Bernoulli and used Bernoulli's discoveries.
What sort of controversy surrounds L'Hopital's rule?
400
Bernoulli's Rule
L'Hopital's rule is also known as what?
400
Determination of the arc length of the logarithmic graph, one of the solutions to the Brachistochrone problem
What are some of L'Hopital's other discoveries?
400
He lived from 1661 to 1704.
When was L'Hopital born and when did he die?
400
At Nicolas Malebranche's circle in Paris.
Where did L'Hopital and Bernoulli meet?
400
The French academy of sciences. He served as vice president twice.
What was L'Hopital elected to in 1693 and what role did he serve on this?
500
lim as x approaches c of f(x) = lim as x approaches c of g(x) = 0
What exactly is L'Hopital's rule?
500
"Analytic treatise on conic sections"
What did L'Hopital publish in 1707?
500
His father was Anne Alexandre de L'Hopital and his mother was named Elisabeth Gobelin.
What were the names of L'Hopital's parents?
500
After L'Hopital's death, Bernoulli revealed the agreement between the two.
When were the details of the arangment between L'Hopital and Bernoulli revealed?
500
Pierre Varignon, Johann and Jacob Bernoulli,Gottfried Leibniz, and Christiaan Huygens
Who are some other mathmeticians who L'Hopital worked with?
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