Birth and Death
When was Lucas born?
April 4th, 1842
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True or False: Lucas invented the test for Mersenne Dimes, Still used today.
False: Lucas invented the Test for Mersenne primes, not Dimes
Where was Lucas born?
Amiens, France
What job did Lucas take after the war?
Lucas became professor of mathematics at the Lycée Saint Louis in Paris.
Lucas and Derrick Henery ______, invented the Lucas- ______ test.
Lehmer
When did Lucas die?
October 3rd, 1891
True or False: Lucas served as an artillery officer in the Franco-Prussian War
True
What was Lucas' most popular non-mathematical invention?
Dots-And-Boxes
Where did Lucas die?
Paris, France
Where was Lucas educated?
École Normale Supérieure
Which term of the Fibonacci sequence did Lucas invent?
A) nth
B) 9th
C) mth
A or nth!
How old was Lucas when he died?
49 Years
Where did Lucas FIRST WORK?
The Paris Observatory
When was Lucas' solution of the Diophantine equation proven fact?
1918