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Gabriel Lamé

1795 - 1870

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Gabriel Lamé (22 July 1795 – 1 May 1870) was a French mathematician who contributed to the theory of partial differential equations by the use of curvilinear coordinates, and the mathematical theory of elasticity (for which linear elasticity and finite strain theory elaborate the mathematical abstractions). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gabriel Lamé has received more than 86,955 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriel Lamé is the 156th most popular mathematician (down from 140th in 2019), the 1,159th most popular biography from France (down from 1,000th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Mathematician.

Gabriel Lamé was a French mathematician who is most famous for his work in the theory of equations.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gabriel Lamé ranks 156 out of 823. Before him are Victor D'Hondt, James Gregory, Harald Bohr, Nicomachus, Hermann Grassmann, and Zoia Ceaușescu. After him are Paul Ehrenfest, Ernst Zermelo, Hermann of Reichenau, Étienne Bézout, Gösta Mittag-Leffler, and Mary Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Gabriel Lamé ranks 13. Before him are Alexander Griboyedov, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Antonio José de Sucre, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Dred Scott, and John William Polidori. After him are Saverio Mercadante, Ary Scheffer, Johns Hopkins, Vincent Pallotti, Hadji Murad, and Maria Schicklgruber. Among people deceased in 1870, Gabriel Lamé ranks 16. Before him are Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, and Princess Louise of Prussia. After him are Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, Saverio Mercadante, Ignaz Moscheles, Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus, Anthony Mary Claret, and Jules de Goncourt.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gabriel Lamé ranks 1,159 out of 6,011. Before him are Antoine, Duke of Montpensier (1824), Mylène Demongeot (1935), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), André-Hercule de Fleury (1653), Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (1197), and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932). After him are Élisée Reclus (1830), Victoire of France (1733), Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), Pepin II of Aquitaine (823), Jacques I, Prince of Monaco (1689), and Albert Roussel (1869).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Gabriel Lamé ranks 31. Before him are Émile Borel (1871), Henri Lebesgue (1875), Alexis Clairaut (1713), Michel Rolle (1652), Jacques Hadamard (1865), and Joseph Liouville (1809). After him are Étienne Bézout (1730), Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), André Weil (1906), René Thom (1923), Pierre Bouguer (1698), and Jean-Pierre Serre (1926).

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