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Paul Émile Appell

1855 - 1930

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Émile Appell is the 363rd most popular mathematician (up from 428th in 2019), the 2,286th most popular biography from France (up from 2,968th in 2019) and the 61st most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Paul Émile Appell ranks 363 out of 1,004. Before him are Paul Neményi, Nicholas Mercator, Francesco Maurolico, John Edensor Littlewood, George Peacock, and John Graunt. After him are Otto Hesse, Alfred J. Lotka, Shiing-Shen Chern, Martin Davis, Lars Hörmander, and Zhu Shijie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Paul Émile Appell ranks 32. Before him are Louis de Beaufront, Vlaho Bukovac, Axel Paulsen, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Robert Koldewey, and David Bruce. After him are Edwin Hall, Alexandros Zaimis, Vsevolod Garshin, Xu Shichang, Eduard Meyer, and Evelyn De Morgan. Among people deceased in 1930, Paul Émile Appell ranks 47. Before him are Giulio Douhet, Otto Sverdrup, Simko Shikak, Theodor Nöldeke, John Russell, and José Carlos Mariátegui. After him are Eduard Meyer, Constantine VI of Constantinople, Anna Lea Merritt, Richard Wilhelm, Riccardo Drigo, and Eric Lemming.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Émile Appell ranks 2,286 out of 6,770. Before him are René Pottier (1879), Émile Baudot (1845), Maurice Papon (1910), Jean Metzinger (1883), Jérôme Lejeune (1926), and Robert de Boron (1110). After him are Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953), Nominoe (800), Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (1249), Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou (1006), Henri Wallon (1879), and Étienne Carjat (1828).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Paul Émile Appell ranks 61. Before him are Oronce Finé (1494), Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923), Alain Connes (1947), Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), René-Louis Baire (1874), and Joseph Diez Gergonne (1771). After him are Antoine Gombaud (1607), Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac (1581), Guillaume Postel (1510), Philippe de La Hire (1640), Jean Dieudonné (1906), and Christian Kramp (1760).

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