Pierre Fatou
1878–1929 (age 51)
Biography
Pierre Fatou was a gifted mathematician whose exploration of iterative functions and dynamical systems offered new insight into how celestial bodies and complex maps evolve over time.
His meticulous research laid foundations for later generations of analysts and astronomers seeking to describe stability and chaos in the heavens, and his grave at Cimetière de Carnel marks the quiet reverence with which his work is still held.