Édouard Lucas

François Édouard Anatole Lucas was a French mathematician. Lucas is known for his study of the Fibonacci sequence and the Tower of Hanoi. The related Lucas sequences and Lucas numbers are named after him.

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Who was born first?

• Édouard Lucas and Joseph Valentin Boussinesq were born the same year
• Édouard Lucas and Jean Gaston Darboux were born the same year
• Édouard Lucas and Agnes Mary Clerke were born the same year
• Édouard Lucas and Camille Flammarion were born the same year
• Édouard Lucas and Sophus Lie were born the same year

Timeline

1. Agnes Mary ClerkeFebruary 10, 1842 – January 20, 1907
2. Camille FlammarionFebruary 26, 1842 – June 3, 1925
3. Édouard Lucas (this page)April 4, 1842 – October 3, 1891
4. Jean Gaston DarbouxAugust 14, 1842 – February 23, 1917
5. Joseph Valentin BoussinesqMarch 13, 1842 – February 19, 1929
6. Sophus LieDecember 17, 1842 – February 18, 1899

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• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
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• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716