Paul Appell
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French mathematician (1855-1930)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1855-09-27 ) 27 September 1855, Strasbourg , France
- Died
- 24 October 1930 (1930-10-24) (aged 75), Paris , France
- Known for
- Appell polynomials , Appell series , Appell sequence , Appell's equation of motion , Appell–Humbert theorem , Appell–Lerch sums , Complex–shift method
- Fields
- Mathematics , Physics
- Thesis
- Sur les propriétés des cubiques gauches et le mouvement hélicoïdal d'un corps solide (1876)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Strasbourg
- Place of death
- 6th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- University of Burgundy Europe
- Languages spoken
- French
- Doctoral student
- Ervand Kogbetliantz
- Field of work
- complex analysis
- Image
- Paul Appell-Portrait-1921.jpg
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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- Commons category
- Paul Appell
- date of birth
- 1855-09-27
- date of death
- 1930-10-24
- member of
- Romanian Academy
- name in native language
- Paul Appell
- writing language
- French
- birth name
- Paul Émile Appell
- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- relative
- Jacques Duclaux
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Encyclopedic overview
M. P. Appell is the same person: it stands for Monsieur Paul Appell.
Paul Émile Appell (27 September 1855 in Strasbourg – 24 October 1930 in Paris) was a French mathematician and Rector of the University of Paris. Appell polynomials and Appell's equations of motion are named after him, as is rue Paul Appell in the 14th arrondissement of Paris and the minor planet 988 Appella.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paul Appell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.