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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 86,845 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène Charles Catalan is the 261st most popular mathematician (down from 253rd in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 204th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Eugène Charles Catalan ranks 261 out of 823Before him are Andreas Osiander, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, Antoine Gombaud, Abraham Zacuto, Abraham bar Hiyya, and Jean-Robert Argand. After him are Sam Loyd, Gotthold Eisenstein, Helge von Koch, Karen Uhlenbeck, Pavel Alexandrov, and René-Louis Baire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Eugène Charles Catalan ranks 21Before him are Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus, Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, and Sheridan Le Fanu. After him are Heinrich Geißler, Alexander Cunningham, Rasoherina, Ivan Mažuranić, Henri Tresca, and Théodolinde de Beauharnais. Among people deceased in 1894, Eugène Charles Catalan ranks 22Before him are Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Emmanuel Chabrier, Theodor Billroth, Austen Henry Layard, Hassan I of Morocco, and August Kundt. After him are Nikolai Ge, Nadezhda von Meck, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Eugène Charles Catalan ranks 218 out of 1,019Before him are Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420), Alexander Agricola (1446), Juan de Flandes (1450), Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870), Willy Claes (1938), and Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962). After him are Arthur Grumiaux (1921), Chantal Akerman (1950), Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973), Antoine Wiertz (1806), Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), and Rimbert (830).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Belgium

Among mathematicians born in Belgium, Eugène Charles Catalan ranks 3Before him are Simon Stevin (1548) and Victor D'Hondt (1841). After him are Pierre Deligne (1944), Jacques Tits (1930), Adriaan van Roomen (1561), Pierre François Verhulst (1804), Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584), Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (1866), David Ruelle (1935), Elias M. Stein (1931), and Jean Bourgain (1954).