MATHEMATICIAN

Eugène Charles Catalan

1814 - 1894

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Eugène Charles Catalan (French pronunciation: [øʒɛn ʃaʁl katalɑ̃]; 30 May 1814 – 14 February 1894) was a French and Belgian mathematician who worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugène Charles Catalan has received more than 95,226 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Eugène Charles Catalan is the 306th most popular mathematician (down from 261st in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 218th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Eugène Charles Catalan ranks 306 out of 1,004. Before him are Georg Alexander Pick, Giambattista Benedetti, Alan Baker, Jakow Trachtenberg, Vitello, and Eutocius of Ascalon. After him are Aristyllus, Wilhelm Ackermann, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Igor Ansoff, Pierre Deligne, and John Graunt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Eugène Charles Catalan ranks 26. Before him are Heinrich Geißler, Alexander Cunningham, Sheridan Le Fanu, Bhanubhakta Acharya, Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, and Eduard Zeller. After him are Rasoherina, Théodolinde de Beauharnais, Kamehameha III, Josif Pančić, Ernst Curtius, and Henri Tresca. Among people deceased in 1894, Eugène Charles Catalan ranks 24. Before him are Emmanuel Chabrier, Hassan I of Morocco, Austen Henry Layard, Nadezhda von Meck, Nikolai Ge, and Guillaume Lekeu. After him are Sante Geronimo Caserio, Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, Alexander von Middendorff, and Christina Rossetti.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Eugène Charles Catalan ranks 252 out of 1,190. Before him are Jacques Feyder (1885), Rembert Dodoens (1517), François Duquesnoy (1597), Henry III, Duke of Brabant (1231), John II, Duke of Brabant (1275), and Stromae (1985). After him are Rimbert (830), William of St-Thierry (1085), Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1060), Ovide Decroly (1871), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), and Pierre Deligne (1944).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Belgium

Among mathematicians born in Belgium, Eugène Charles Catalan ranks 3. Before him are Simon Stevin (1548), and Victor D'Hondt (1841). After him are Pierre Deligne (1944), Adriaan van Roomen (1561), Pierre François Verhulst (1804), Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (1866), David Ruelle (1935), Jean Bourgain (1954), Elias M. Stein (1931), Ingrid Daubechies (1954), and Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584).

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