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Jacques-Louis Lions

1928 - 2001

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Jacques-Louis Lions (French: [ʒak lwi ljɔ̃ːs]; 2 May 1928 – 17 May 2001) was a French mathematician who made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control, among other areas. He received the SIAM's John von Neumann Lecture prize in 1986 and numerous other distinctions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques-Louis Lions has received more than 77,497 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques-Louis Lions is the 762nd most popular mathematician, the 4,517th most popular biography from France and the 102nd most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jacques-Louis Lions ranks 762 out of 1,004. Before him are Joseph-Alfred Serret, Solomon W. Golomb, Vladimir Levenshtein, Johann Faulhaber, Svetlana Gannushkina, and Sulochana Gadgil. After him are Rudy Rucker, Carl Størmer, Benjamin Robins, William Henry Young, Giuseppe Veronese, and Yitang Zhang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Jacques-Louis Lions ranks 413. Before him are Joyce Mansour, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Harold Becker, Othmar Schneider, Raúl Cárdenas, and Valentin Muratov. After him are Nancy Olson, Nunzio Gallo, Gerhard Stoltenberg, Ottavio Bugatti, Vic Damone, and Gerino Gerini. Among people deceased in 2001, Jacques-Louis Lions ranks 237. Before him are Christl Haas, Pavel Schmidt, Francis Bebey, Bill Roberts, Leonid Ostrovski, and Frans De Mulder. After him are Gerhard Stoltenberg, Thomas Sebeok, Marie Jahoda, Álvaro Magaña, Dipendra of Nepal, and Queen Aishwarya of Nepal.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques-Louis Lions ranks 4,517 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Collignon (1877), Simon Abkarian (1962), Henry of Blois (1096), Marouane Chamakh (1984), Mikaël Silvestre (1977), and Roger Vercel (1894). After him are Francis Girod (1944), Arlette Laguiller (1940), Jules Verreaux (1807), Laurent Koscielny (1985), Alfred Schmitt (1907), and Henri Tauzin (1879).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Jacques-Louis Lions ranks 102. Before him are Pierre Raymond de Montmort (1678), Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (1957), Marc-Antoine Parseval (1755), Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger (1790), Victor Puiseux (1820), and Joseph-Alfred Serret (1819). After him are Marie-Jeanne de Lalande (1768), Cédric Villani (1973), Laurent Lafforgue (1966), Claire Voisin (1962), Paul Montel (1876), and Roger Apéry (1916).

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