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Jacques Charles François Sturm

1803 - 1855

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Jacques Charles François Sturm (29 September 1803 – 15 December 1855) was a French mathematician, who made a significant addition to equation theory with his work, Sturm's theorem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Charles François Sturm is the 282nd most popular mathematician (down from 278th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 180th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swiss Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jacques Charles François Sturm ranks 282 out of 1,004. Before him are Lloyd Shapley, Israel Gelfand, Alan Baker, Édouard Roche, Vitello, and George Atwood. After him are Jacopo Riccati, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, S. R. Ranganathan, Gemma Frisius, Seki Takakazu, and Al-Karaji.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Jacques Charles François Sturm ranks 20. Before him are Fyodor Tyutchev, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, Alexander Georg von Bunge, Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, and James Brooke. After him are Ferenc Deák, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, C. L. Gloger, Robert Stephenson, Friedrich von Amerling, and Muhammad IV of Morocco. Among people deceased in 1855, Jacques Charles François Sturm ranks 18. Before him are Pavel Nakhimov, Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa, Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, François Rude, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, and Amschel Mayer Rothschild. After him are Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, François Magendie, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Diponegoro, and Antonio Rosmini.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jacques Charles François Sturm ranks 157 out of 1,015. Before him are Kurt Koch (1950), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Germain Henri Hess (1802), Jakob Ammann (1644), Ami Argand (1750), and Max Bill (1908). After him are Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767), Jean-André Deluc (1727), Marcel Bezençon (1907), Théophile Steinlen (1859), Albert von Kölliker (1817), and Ulrich of Augsburg (890).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Switzerland

Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Jacques Charles François Sturm ranks 10. Before him are Gabriel Cramer (1704), Jost Bürgi (1552), Jakob Steiner (1796), Paul Guldin (1577), Nicolaus II Bernoulli (1695), and Jean-Robert Argand (1768). After him are Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750), Johann II Bernoulli (1710), Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Johann Baptist Cysat (1585), Jakob Hermann (1678), and Ludwig Schläfli (1814).

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