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Henri Padé

1863 - 1953

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Henri Eugène Padé (French: [pade]; 17 December 1863 – 9 July 1953) was a French mathematician, who is now remembered mainly for his development of Padé approximation techniques for functions using rational functions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Padé has received more than 42,934 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Padé is the 881st most popular mathematician (down from 784th in 2019), the 4,997th most popular biography from France (down from 4,455th in 2019) and the 110th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Henri Padé ranks 881 out of 1,004. Before him are James Arthur, Volker Strassen, Barry Mazur, Alberto Calderón, George Lusztig, and Philip Hall. After him are Paul Koebe, Avi Wigderson, Edward Charles Titchmarsh, Norman Johnson, Cleve Moler, and Hellmuth Kneser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Henri Padé ranks 166. Before him are Ida Freund, Dimitar Stanchov, Walter Migula, Léon Frapié, Frank Fetter, and Johannes Weiss. After him are Reginald McKenna, Horatio Parker, Lucina Hagman, Charles Le Goffic, Gonzalo Córdova, and John Bunny. Among people deceased in 1953, Henri Padé ranks 180. Before him are Herbert E. Ives, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Annie Kenney, Fred M. Vinson, Paul Niggli, and Luis Alberto Riart. After him are Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Thomas Thorstensen, James Scullin, Edward Sedgwick, Alex James, and Josef Ternström.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Padé ranks 4,994 out of 6,770. Before him are Muriel Casals i Couturier (1945), Bertrand Meyer (1950), and Philippe Delerm (1950). After him are Claude Esteban (1935), Albert Decourtray (1923), Clément Lenglet (1995), François Dupeyron (1950), Michel Bonnevie (1921), Jean-François Domergue (1957), Pierre Morel (1964), François Gagnepain (1866), and Jean-Denis Bredin (1929).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Henri Padé ranks 110. Before him are Cédric Villani (1973), Laurent Lafforgue (1966), Claire Voisin (1962), Paul Montel (1876), Roger Apéry (1916), and Cécile DeWitt-Morette (1922). After him are James Lighthill (1924), Émile Léonard Mathieu (1835), and Hugo Duminil-Copin (1985).

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