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Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier

1750 - 1840

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Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (or L'Huillier) (24 April 1750 in Geneva – 28 March 1840 in Geneva) was a Swiss mathematician of French Huguenot descent. He is known for his work in mathematical analysis and topology, and in particular the generalization of Euler's formula for planar graphs. He won the mathematics section prize of the Berlin Academy of Sciences for 1784 in response to a question on the foundations of the calculus. The work was published in his 1787 book Exposition elementaire des principes des calculs superieurs. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier is the 380th most popular mathematician (up from 507th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 334th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Swiss Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier ranks 380 out of 1,004. Before her are Michael Maestlin, László Lovász, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, John Milnor, Raymond Smullyan, and Guillaume Postel. After her are Thomas Heath, Marshall Harvey Stone, Louis Nirenberg, Thomas Simpson, Ivan Vinogradov, and Ostilio Ricci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier ranks 24. Before her are Lorenzo Mascheroni, Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa, René Louiche Desfontaines, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, Fabre d'Églantine, and Princess Louise of Denmark. After her are Bathilde d'Orléans, Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, Jacques-François Menou, Sylvain Maréchal, Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden, and Túpac Katari. Among people deceased in 1840, Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier ranks 26. Before her are Maria Beatrice of Savoy, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Beau Brummell, Marcellin Champagnat, Nicholas Aylward Vigors, and Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut. After her are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Anne Lister, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Franz Meyen, and Karl Otfried Müller.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier ranks 226 out of 1,015. Before her are André Abegglen (1909), Claude Nicollier (1944), Joseph Deiss (1946), Roberto Di Matteo (1970), Eugène Grasset (1845), and Leonardo Conti (1900). After her are Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Joanna of Pfirt (1300), Pierre Jeanneret (1896), George de Mestral (1907), and Emil Brunner (1889).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Switzerland

Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier ranks 11. Before her are Jost Bürgi (1552), Jakob Steiner (1796), Paul Guldin (1577), Nicolaus II Bernoulli (1695), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), and Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803). After her are Johann II Bernoulli (1710), Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Johann Baptist Cysat (1585), Jakob Hermann (1678), Ludwig Schläfli (1814), and Georges de Rham (1903).

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