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Jacques-Louis Lions

1928 - 2001

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Jacques-Louis Lions (French: [ʒak lwi ljɔ̃ːs]; 2 May 1928 – 17 May 2001) was a French mathematician who made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control, among other areas. He received the SIAM's John von Neumann Lecture prize in 1986 and numerous other distinctions. Lions is listed as an ISI highly cited researcher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques-Louis Lions is the 776th most popular mathematician (down from 762nd in 2019), the 4,521st most popular biography from France (down from 4,518th in 2019) and the 104th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jacques-Louis Lions ranks 776 out of 1,004. Before him are Paul Montel, Hans Lewy, Francesco Brioschi, Sergey Mergelyan, Spiru Haret, and Christoph Gudermann. After him are Grace Chisholm Young, Leo Königsberger, Kenkichi Iwasawa, E. T. Whittaker, Nikolai Chebotaryov, and Yuri Linnik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Jacques-Louis Lions ranks 415. Before him are Barbara Ann Scott, Ivar Aronsson, Piero Angela, Stanley Mandelstam, Sergey Mergelyan, and Fritz Herkenrath. After him are Valentin Muratov, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Jorma Valkama, Fatemeh Pahlavi, Bruce Ames, and Horst Stein. Among people deceased in 2001, Jacques-Louis Lions ranks 245. Before him are Eugene Sledge, Ruhi Sarıalp, Villy Sørensen, Mordecai Richler, Gholam Reza Azhari, and Ranko Marinković. After him are Maximos V Hakim, Bent Hansen, Jalil Zandi, Daniel Lewin, Arne Sucksdorff, and Vasili Kuznetsov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques-Louis Lions ranks 4,521 out of 6,770. Before him are Michèle Laroque (1960), Jacqueline du Bief (1930), Stéphane Bruey (1932), Maurice Huet (1918), Jacques Higelin (1940), and Louis Perrée (1871). After him are Max Bense (1910), Eugène Martin (1915), Guy de Luget (1884), Jean Cayrol (1911), Bernard Morel (1925), and Jean Aicard (1848).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Jacques-Louis Lions ranks 104. Before him are Marie-Jeanne de Lalande (1768), Charles Dupin (1784), Joseph-Alfred Serret (1819), Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765), Victor Puiseux (1820), and Paul Montel (1876). After him are Cécile DeWitt-Morette (1922), Laurent Lafforgue (1966), Henri Padé (1863), Émile Léonard Mathieu (1835), Cédric Villani (1973), and Roger Apéry (1916).

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