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Paul Couderc

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Paul Couderc (15 July 1899 – 5 February 1981) was a French academic who held mathematics professorships at lycées in Chartres (1926–1929) and Paris (1930–1944).

Biography

Couderc completed his education at lycées in Nevers and Dijon, followed by a doctorate in mathematical sciences from the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. In 1926, he married Blanch Jurus.

Throughout his career, Couderc authored approximately fifteen works in the field of astronomy. He provided an interpretation for the phenomena of light echoes around Nova Persei (1901), specifically their perceived superluminal expansion. This geometrical explanation later found application in the study of supernovae, quasars, and γ-ray bursts.

Awards and recognition

References

  1. Marché, Jordan D. (2007). "Couderc, Paul". The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. p. 258. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_308. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0.
  2. "Couderc, Paul (1899-1981) -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography".
  3. ^ Marché, Jordan D. (2014). "Couderc, Paul". Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. pp. 471–472. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_308. ISBN 978-1-4419-9916-0.
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