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Paul Appell

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Also known as Paul Emile Appell, Paul Émile Appell

French mathematician (1855-1930)

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Within Vinony's link graph, Paul Appell is referenced by 157 other articles, and connects out to Appell sequence, Paris and Carl Friedrich Gauss.

Vinony files it under 1855 births, 1930 deaths and 19th-century French mathematicians.

Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1922-03-24
Active to
2014-11-18

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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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Paul Appell
date of birth
1855-09-27
date of death
1930-10-24
name in native language
Paul Appell
birth name
Paul Émile Appell
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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.

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