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Édouard Roche

1820 - 1883

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Édouard Albert Roche (French: [edwaʁ albɛʁ ʁɔʃ]; 17 October 1820 – 27 April 1883) was a French astronomer and mathematician, who is best known for his work in the field of celestial mechanics. His name was given to the concepts of the Roche sphere, Roche limit, and Roche lobe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Édouard Roche has received more than 51,883 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Édouard Roche is the 252nd most popular mathematician (down from 233rd in 2019), the 1,858th most popular biography from France (down from 1,654th in 2019) and the 51st most popular French Mathematician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Édouard Roche ranks 252 out of 1,004. Before him are Simon Newcomb, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, Émile Picard, Edmund Landau, Jabir ibn Aflah, and Jacopo Riccati. After him are Abraham Zacuto, Jean-Robert Argand, Alfred Korzybski, Michael Stifel, Hugo Steinhaus, and Guo Shoujing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Édouard Roche ranks 26. Before him are Yaqub Beg, John Tyndall, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, William Tecumseh Sherman, John Tenniel, and Princess Alexandrine of Baden. After him are Şevkefza Kadın, Eugène Fromentin, Jeanne Duval, Afanasy Fet, Begum Hazrat Mahal, and Mirko Petrović-Njegoš. Among people deceased in 1883, Édouard Roche ranks 22. Before him are Pertevniyal Sultan, Sojourner Truth, Prince Charles of Prussia, Ranavalona II, Tự Đức, and Alexander Gorchakov. After him are Friedrich von Flotow, Pierre Auguste Cot, Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha, Édouard René de Laboulaye, Lucien Olivier, and Wilhelm Peters.

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In France

Among people born in France, Édouard Roche ranks 1,858 out of 6,770. Before him are Camille Doncieux (1847), Le Pétomane (1857), Étienne Méhul (1763), Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692), Pierre Bergé (1930), and Liane de Pougy (1869). After him are Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758), Jean-Pierre Aumont (1911), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Amandus (600), Robert Desnos (1900), and William V, Duke of Aquitaine (969).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Édouard Roche ranks 51. Before him are Henri Cartan (1904), Pierre Varignon (1654), Élie Cartan (1869), Gilles de Roberval (1602), Joseph Bertrand (1822), and Émile Picard (1856). After him are Charles-Eugène Delaunay (1816), Oronce Finé (1494), Maurice René Fréchet (1878), Alain Connes (1947), René-Louis Baire (1874), and Guillaume Postel (1510).

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