Eugène Charles Catalan
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1814
- Died
- 1894
- Works
- 23
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,634x
- The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research
· 1989 · cited 28,461x
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 22,931x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 22,094x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,002x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1814-05-30 ) 30 May 1814, Brugge , Belgium
- Died
- 14 February 1894 (1894-02-14) (aged 79), Liège , Belgium
- Alma mater
- École Polytechnique
- Known for
- Catalan numbers , Catalan solid , Catalan surface , Catalan's conjecture , Catalan's constant , Catalan's identity , Catalan's minimal surface
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Thesis
- Attraction d'un ellipsoïde homogène sur un point extérieur ou sur un point intérieur. (1841)
- Doctoral advisor
- Joseph Liouville
- Doctoral students
- François Deruyts , Charles Hermite , Constantin Le Paige
- Other notable students
- Ernesto Cesàro
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Key dates
- Born
- 30 May 1814
- Died
- 14 February 1894
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Bruges
- Place of death
- Liège
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Lycée Saint-Louis
- Employer
- Lycée Charlemagne
- Languages spoken
- French
Article
Eugène Charles Catalan ( French pronunciation: [øʒɛn ʃaʁl katalɑ̃]; 30 May 1814 – 14 February 1894) was a French and Belgian mathematician who worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics. His notable contributions included discovering a periodic minimal surface in the space
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