Édouard Lucas Scientist

François Édouard Anatole Lucas (French pronunciation: ​[fʁɑ̃swa edwaʁ anatɔl lykɑ]; 4 April 1842 – 3 October 1891) was a French mathematician. Lucas is known for his study of the Fibonacci sequence. The related Lucas sequences and Lucas numbers are named after him.

Personal facts

Édouard Lucas
Birth dateApril 04, 1842
Birth place
Amiens , France
Nationality
France
Date of deathOctober 03, 1891
Place of death
Paris
Education
École Normale Supérieure
Known for
Lucas number
Lucas sequence
Lucas' theorem
Lucas primality test
Gauss–Lucas theorem

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Field of study
Mathematics
influenced

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External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=Ea8AAAAAMAAJ&printsec=toc#PPP9,M1
  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=OBgPAAAAIAAJ&printsec=titlepage
  3. http://books.google.com/books?id=_hsPAAAAIAAJ&printsec=toc#PPR3,M1
  4. http://edouardlucas.free.fr
  5. http://faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/bstud/lucas.html
  6. http://www.cs.wm.edu/~pkstoc/toh.html