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MATHEMATICIAN

Roger Apéry

1916 - 1994

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Roger Apéry (French: [apeʁi]; 14 November 1916, Rouen – 18 December 1994, Caen) was a French mathematician most remembered for Apéry's theorem, which states that ζ(3) is an irrational number. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Apéry has received more than 64,218 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Apéry is the 796th most popular mathematician (down from 735th in 2019), the 4,505th most popular biography from France (down from 3,995th in 2019) and the 104th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Roger Apéry ranks 796 out of 823. Before him are Erna Schneider Hoover, George Peacock, Jacob Bronowski, James Lighthill, Nicolas Fuss, and S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan. After him are Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Solomon Marcus, Ivan Petrovsky, Yasumasa Kanada, Garrett Birkhoff, and Richard Rado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Roger Apéry ranks 247. Before him are José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, Ken Wharton, Albert Hyzler, Julien Darui, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, and Günther Ortmann. After him are Helene Hanff, George Montgomery, Gene Mako, David Brown, Gaylord Nelson, and Frank Parker. Among people deceased in 1994, Roger Apéry ranks 272. Before him are Vladimir Melanin, Ermes Muccinelli, Reinaldo Gorno, Dack Rambo, Bruno Habārovs, and Koto Matsudaira. After him are Vilmos Varjú, Cheb Hasni, Norman Read, Dolly Haas, Ira Murchison, and Rolf Jacobsen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roger Apéry ranks 4,505 out of 6,011. Before him are Olivier Rolin (1947), Marcel Pinel (1908), Henri Jobier (1879), Cyrille Guimard (1947), Pascal Dusapin (1955), and Sybilla of Normandy (1092). After him are Daniel Revenu (1942), Émile Fisseux (1868), Soko (1985), Lucas Digne (1993), Roschdy Zem (1965), and Clément Lenglet (1995).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Roger Apéry ranks 104. Before him are Edmond Laguerre (1834), Laurent Lafforgue (1966), Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923), Cédric Villani (1973), Henri Padé (1863), and James Lighthill (1924). After him are Cécile DeWitt-Morette (1922) and Claire Voisin (1962).

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