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Charles-Jean de la Vallee Poussin

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Also Known As Charles-Jean Etienne Gustave Nicolas, baron de la Vallee Poussin
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Charles-Jean de la Vallee Poussin was a Belgian mathematician best known for proving the prime number theorem in 1896, independently of Jacques Hadamard. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1866-08-14 1
Birth Year
1866 1
Death Date
1962-03-02 1
Death Year
1962 1
Birthplace
Leuven (Louvain), Belgium 1
Death Place
Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels, Belgium 1
Wikipedia's infobox gives Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels; MacTutor gives Louvain instead. Recorded per Wikipedia's infobox as the more specific claim; the conflict is unresolved between the two sources.
Nationality / Culture
Belgian 1
Defining Contribution
De la Vallee Poussin proved the prime number theorem in 1896, independently of Jacques Hadamard's proof the same year. 2
Notable Work
Proved the prime number theorem (1896), independently of Jacques Hadamard. 1
Award
Poncelet Prize (1916); Belgian Decennial Prize for Pure Mathematics (1905, 1924); created Baron by King Albert I of Belgium (1928). 1
Biography
Gender
Male 1
Connections

In Branch

Analytic Number Theory, Branches of Mathematics

Proofs Credited

Prime Number Theorem, Theorems
Source Prime Number Theorem (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

Belgium

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Source Charles-Jean de la Vallee Poussin (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Charles-Jean Étienne Gustave Nicolas, baron de La Vallée Poussin (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl ʒɑ̃ etjɛn ɡystav nikɔla baʁɔ̃ də la vale pusɛ̃]; 14 August 1866 – 2 March 1962) was a Belgian mathematician.
Sources
1. Charles-Jean de la Vallee Poussin (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • lead paragraph
    He is best known for proving the prime number theorem.
  • infobox
    Belgian mathematician
  • infobox IPA
    [ʃaʁl ʒɑ̃ etjɛn ɡystav nikɔla baʁɔ̃ də la vale pusɛ̃]
  • Honors/Awards section
    He was awarded the Prix Poncelet for 1916.
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2. Prime Number Theorem (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Quote, Lead section
The theorem was proved independently by Jacques Hadamard and Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin in 1896 using ideas introduced by Bernhard Riemann (in particular, the Riemann zeta function).
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