Published “Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 16,064 times.
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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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science · French mathematician (1842–1891) · mathematician · university teacher · also Édouard Lucas, François-Édouard-Anatole Lucas, Francois Lucas, Francois E. A. Lucas, Francois Edouard Anatole Lucas, François Édouard Anatole Lucas
Born 4 April 1842 · Died 3 October 1891 · Q274377
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 11,014 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 11,014 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016” in The Lancet — cited 6,185 times.
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Published “Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome” in Nature — cited 18,637 times.
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Published “Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress.” in Psychological Bulletin — cited 8,532 times.
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1988· 1 entry
Published “On the mechanics of economic development” in Journal of Monetary Economics — cited 12,961 times.
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1891· 1 entry
Died 1891-10-03.
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After 19 years of testing, he finally proved that 2127 − 1 is prime; it remained the largest known Mersenne prime for three-quarters of a century, and remains the largest prime number proved by hand
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1875· 1 entry
Lucas posed a challenge to prove that the only solution of the Diophantine equation
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Studied at École Normale Supérieure (1861–1864).
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1857· 1 entry
At age 15, Lucas began testing the primality of 2127 − 1, a number with 39 decimal digits, by hand, using Lucas sequences
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1842· 1 entry
Born 1842-04-04.
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