Eugène Charles Catalan
French and Belgian mathematician (1814-1894) · Belgium · On the map · Academics · Died at 79
Eugène Charles Catalan was a French and Belgian mathematician who worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics.
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1894Died14 February 18941890Officer of the Order of LeopoldAward1887Grand Cross of the Legion of HonourAward1879Knight of the Order of LeopoldAward1814Born30 May 1814
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His notable contributions included discovering a periodic minimal surface in the space ; stating the famous Catalan's conjecture, which was eventually proved in 2002; and introducing the Catalan numbers to solve a combinatorial problem.
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Belgium
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1814 to 1894 · aged 79
