When was Irénée-Jules Bienaymé born?

Irénée-Jules Bienaymé was born on 28 August 1796 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris.

What positions has Irénée-Jules Bienaymé held?

Positions held by Irénée-Jules Bienaymé include: president (1875–1875).

Where did Irénée-Jules Bienaymé study?

Irénée-Jules Bienaymé was educated at École polytechnique, Lycée Louis-le-Grand.

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Irénée-Jules Bienaymé

French mathematician (1796–1878)

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Irénée-Jules Bienaymé was a French statistician. He built on the legacy of Laplace generalizing his least squares method. He contributed to the fields of probability and statistics, and to their application to finance, demography and social sciences. In particular, he formulated the Bienaymé–Chebyshev inequality concerning the law of large numbers and the Bienaymé formula for the variance of a sum of uncorrelated random variables.

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Born: 28 August 1796 wd
Place of birth: former 2nd arrondissement of Paris wd
Died: 19 October 1878 wd
Place of death: Paris wd
Citizenship: France wd
Occupation: statistician, university teacher, mathematician wd
Education: École polytechnique, Lycée Louis-le-Grand wd

Positions held wd

president (1875–1875)

Awards wd

Officer of the Legion of Honour (1844)

Questions

When was Irénée-Jules Bienaymé born?: Irénée-Jules Bienaymé was born on 28 August 1796 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
What positions has Irénée-Jules Bienaymé held?: Positions held by Irénée-Jules Bienaymé include: president (1875–1875).
Where did Irénée-Jules Bienaymé study?: Irénée-Jules Bienaymé was educated at École polytechnique, Lycée Louis-le-Grand.

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