Charles-René Reynaud (or Reyneau), (1656, Brissac, Province of Anjou – 24 February 1728, Paris) was a French mathematician.
Biography A priest of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, father Reyneau was successively professor of philosophy at Toulon and Pézenas, and then of mathematics at the college of Angers. He was a member of the and free associate of the French Academy of Sciences.
His Analyse démontrée is a collection of the main theories prevalent in works of (?) etc.; Reyneau added demonstrations or offered better ones.
Publications Analyse démontrée, ou la Méthode de résoudre les problèmes de mathématiques, Paris, 1708, 2 t., in one vol. in-4° Several editions online at HathiTrust Digital Library, including la deuxième, Paris, Quillau, 1736-1738 Science du calcul des grandeurs en général, ou Éléments de mathématiques, Paris, J. Quillau, 1714–35, 2 vol. in-4°, with figures Edition online at HathiTrust
Sources Joseph-Marie Quérard, La France littéraire, vol.7, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1835, .
External links Charles Reyneau on data.bnf.fr Le calcul différentiel et intégral dans l’Analyse démontrée de Charles René Reyneau