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Roger Apéry

1916 - 1994

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Roger Apéry (French: [apeʁi]; 14 November 1916, Rouen – 18 December 1994, Caen) was a Greek-French mathematician most remembered for Apéry's theorem, which states that ζ(3) is an irrational number. Here, ζ(s) denotes the Riemann zeta function. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Apéry is the 868th most popular mathematician (down from 860th in 2019), the 4,920th most popular biography from France (down from 4,895th in 2019) and the 110th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Roger Apéry ranks 868 out of 1,004. Before him are I. J. Good, Cédric Villani, Raoul Bott, Robert Daniel Carmichael, Marston Morse, and Cornelius Lanczos. After him are Diederik Korteweg, Shinichi Mochizuki, Suzan Kahramaner, Tom M. Apostol, Wilhelm Wirtinger, and Walther von Dyck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Roger Apéry ranks 264. Before him are Ignacio Trelles, Kazimierz Brandys, Lidia Wysocka, Richard K. Guy, I. J. Good, and Rupert Davies. After him are Iva Toguri D'Aquino, John Kundla, Günther Ortmann, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Clare Dennis, and Albert Hyzler. Among people deceased in 1994, Roger Apéry ranks 304. Before him are Vilmos Varjú, Albert Decourtray, Kelpo Gröndahl, Frank Belknap Long, Erwin Strittmatter, and Mikhail Krivonosov. After him are Yuli Raizman, Richard Scarry, John Wain, Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, Dave Albritton, and Edward Kienholz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roger Apéry ranks 4,920 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Boiteux (1933), Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau (1850), Pascal Hervé (1964), Bertrand Bonello (1968), Lucas Digne (1993), and Yvon Le Roux (1960). After him are Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola (1920), Dominique Bona (1953), Esteban Ocon (1996), Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (1884), Arnulf of Chocques (null), and Jérémy Toulalan (1983).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Roger Apéry ranks 110. Before him are Jacques-Louis Lions (1928), Cécile DeWitt-Morette (1922), Laurent Lafforgue (1966), Henri Padé (1863), Émile Léonard Mathieu (1835), and Cédric Villani (1973). After him are James Lighthill (1924), Claire Voisin (1962), and Hugo Duminil-Copin (1985).

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