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Yves Meyer

1939 - Today

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Yves F. Meyer (French: [mɛjɛʁ]; born 19 July 1939) is a French mathematician. He is among the progenitors of wavelet theory, having proposed the Meyer wavelet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yves Meyer has received more than 140,229 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Yves Meyer is the 479th most popular mathematician (up from 577th in 2019), the 3,169th most popular biography from France (up from 3,377th in 2019) and the 75th most popular French Mathematician.

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  • 23

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  • 5.72

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  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Yves Meyer ranks 479 out of 823Before him are Edward Arthur Milne, Eric Temple Bell, Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Jean Leray, and Johann Friedrich Pfaff. After him are David Mumford, Erik Ivar Fredholm, Aleksandr Khinchin, Louis Nirenberg, Nina Bari, and Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Yves Meyer ranks 225Before him are Marie-Claire Blais, Roy Buchanan, Samad Behrangi, John Tong Hon, Sid Haig, and Judy Chicago. After him are Janusz Gajos, Vladimir Durković, Bobby Hull, Ralph Boston, Adam Osborne, and Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yves Meyer ranks 3,169 out of 6,011Before him are Jean Richepin (1849), Gaston Rébuffat (1921), Jean Delumeau (1923), Jean Leray (1906), Stéphane Courtois (1947), and Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854). After him are Alain Barrière (1935), Gérard Darmon (1948), Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (1746), Max Aub (1909), Paul Grimault (1905), and Robert de Clari (1170).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Yves Meyer ranks 75Before him are Albert Girard (1595), Henri Brocard (1845), Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (1786), Ismaël Bullialdus (1605), Pierre Fatou (1878), and Jean Leray (1906). After him are Johannes de Muris (1290), Jacques Herbrand (1908), Louis Bachelier (1870), Jacques Ozanam (1640), René de Saussure (1868), and Serge Lang (1927).