Édouard Lucas
Mathematician known for number theory
Born
April 4th, 1842
183 years ago
Died
October 3rd, 1891
134 years ago — 49 years old
Category
Thinkers & Philosophers
Country
France
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Contributed significantly to number theory and combinatorial mathematics. Developed the Lucas numbers, a sequence of integers that generalize the Fibonacci sequence. Examined prime numbers and formulated several important problems and theorems. Worked on perfect numbers and contributed to the theory of Fermat numbers. His work laid foundational elements in mathematical theory and analysis.
Developed the Lucas numbers
Contributed to number theory
Formulated important mathematical theorems
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