Eugène Charles Catalan
French-Belgian mathematician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eugène Charles Catalan (French pronunciation: [øʒɛn ʃaʁl katalɑ̃]; 30 May 1814 – 14 February 1894)[2] 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 ; stating the famous Catalan's conjecture, which was eventually proved in 2002; and introducing the Catalan numbers to solve a combinatorial problem.
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Eugène Charles Catalan | |
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Born | (1814-05-30)30 May 1814 |
Died | 14 February 1894(1894-02-14) (aged 79) |
Nationality | French, Belgian |
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 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Doctoral advisor | Joseph Liouville |
Doctoral students | François Deruyts Charles Hermite Constantin Le Paige |
Other notable students | Ernesto Cesàro[1] |
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