Ce livre est une biographie de Charles Hermite, l'un des plus grands math maticiens fran ais du XIXe si cle. Emile Picard explore la vie et les r alisations de Hermite, en mettant en avant sa contribution majeure la th orie des quations elliptiques. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United...