His original name was actually Guillaume de l'Hospital; French spelling reforms ...

		_delirium on Aug 24, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What does 0^0 equal? Why do mathematicians and hig... His original name was actually Guillaume de l'Hospital; French spelling reforms later did away with a number of cases of silent 's' (which had been silent for a long time already), replacing it with a circumflex over the preceding vowel. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_the_circumflex_in_French... and: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_de_l%27H%C3%B4pital#c...

ah, thanks - I had a feeling it was something like that! I figured a Calculus book would probably get it right :)