Biography of the most reluctant 'Jacques Charles François Sturm' Biographical study University Bachelor of science.

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…ished posthumously. His time for research was now limited but he still made important contributions undertaking research on infinitesimal geometry, projective geometry and the differential geometry of curves and surfaces. He also did important work on geometrical optics. From 1851 his health began to fail and despite brave attempts to overcome the problem and return to teaching (which he managed to do for a while) he died after a long illness.