MATHEMATICIAN

Édouard Lucas

1842 - 1891

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François Édouard Anatole Lucas (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa edwaʁ anatɔl lykɑ]; 4 April 1842 – 3 October 1891) was a French mathematician. Lucas is known for his study of the Fibonacci sequence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Édouard Lucas has received more than 157,288 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Édouard Lucas is the 177th most popular mathematician (up from 198th in 2019), the 1,275th most popular biography from France (up from 1,437th in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Édouard Lucas ranks 177 out of 1,004. Before him are Camille Jordan, Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Marcel Grossmann, Jost Bürgi, Jean-Pierre Serre, and Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After him are Conon of Samos, Ernst Zermelo, Leo Perutz, Rafael Bombelli, Ibn Yunus, and James Gregory.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Édouard Lucas ranks 26. Before him are James Dewar, Ambrose Bierce, Sophus Lie, Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, Carl von Linde, and Osborne Reynolds. After him are Arkhip Kuindzhi, Jean Gaston Darboux, Giovanni Boldini, Johannes Zukertort, Gaston, Count of Eu, and Alphonse Borrelly. Among people deceased in 1891, Édouard Lucas ranks 25. Before him are Jan Neruda, Charles I of Württemberg, Georges Ernest Boulanger, Edmond Becquerel, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, and Franz Miklosich. After him are Theophil Hansen, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Princess Cecilie of Baden, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Ernest Meissonier, and Kalākaua.

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In France

Among people born in France, Édouard Lucas ranks 1,275 out of 6,770. Before him are Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (1936), Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968), Élisée Reclus (1830), Eva Gonzalès (1849), Queen Anne of Romania (1923), and Roger Ducos (1747). After him are Alain-Fournier (1886), Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (1401), Rudolph III of Burgundy (971), Philippe Starck (1949), Nathalie Baye (1948), and Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Édouard Lucas ranks 38. Before him are André Weil (1906), Pierre Bouguer (1698), René Thom (1923), Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749), Camille Jordan (1838), and Jean-Pierre Serre (1926). After him are Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), Gabriel Lamé (1795), Laurent Schwartz (1915), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), and Michel Chasles (1793).

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