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Gaston Julia

Gaston Julia, Algerian-French mathematician and academic (died 1978)

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Born
February 3, 1893
Died
March 19, 1978
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1893

About Gaston Julia

Gaston Maurice Julia was a French mathematician who devised the formula for the Julia set. His works were popularized by Benoit Mandelbrot; the Julia and Mandelbrot fractals are closely related. He founded, independently with Pierre Fatou, the modern theory of holomorphic dynamics. Julia was also father to Marc Julia, the French organic chemist who invented the Julia olefination. His studies were interrupted at the age of 21, when France became involved in World War I and Julia was conscripted to serve with the army.

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The world when Gaston Julia was born

Gaston Julia was born in 1893. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineWorld's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
  • Technology milestoneFirst Ferris wheel debuts at Chicago World's Fair
  • Notable inventionFerris wheel (264 feet tall)
  • World population~1.53B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population66.0M

1893 versus 2026

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Measure18932026
Population66.0M341 million

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