Jean Dhombres

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Jean Dhombres is a scholar working on Theoretical Computer Science, Anthropology and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean Dhombres has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Theoretical Computer Science, 11 papers in Anthropology and 7 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Jean Dhombres's work include History and Theory of Mathematics (16 papers), Historical and Literary Studies (11 papers) and Historical and Literary Analyses (3 papers). Jean Dhombres is often cited by papers focused on History and Theory of Mathematics (16 papers), Historical and Literary Studies (11 papers) and Historical and Literary Analyses (3 papers). Jean Dhombres collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and Morocco. Jean Dhombres's co-authors include Philippe Robba, Jindřich Nečas, J. Aczél, M‎. ‎Eshaghi Gordji, Bruno Belhoste, Cédric Villani, Pierre Cartier, Gian‐Carlo Rota, Pierre Simon Laplace and Auguste Comte and has published in prestigious journals such as Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, Educational Studies in Mathematics and manuscripta mathematica.

In The Last Decade

Jean Dhombres

39 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Les Méthodes directes en théorie des équations elliptiques 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 1989 400 800 1.2k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Les Méthodes directes en théorie des équations elliptiques
    1967 1.5k citations Jean Dhombres et al. profile →
  2. Functional Equations in Several Variables
    1989 621 citations Jean Dhombres et al. profile →

Peers

Jean Dhombres
Luc Tartar United States
Victor J. Mizel United States
Bernd Silbermann Germany
W. Allegretto Canada
Seymour V. Parter United States
Ronald Gariepy United States
William P. Ziemer United States
Stefan Hildebrandt Germany
Alois Kufner Czechia
Ennio De Giorgi Italy
Luc Tartar United States
Jean Dhombres
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cartier, Pierre, et al.. (2016). Freedom in Mathematics. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Dhombres, Jean, et al.. (2008). L’École normale de l’an III. Vol. 4, Leçons d’analyse de l’entendement, art de la parole, littérature, morale. OpenEdition (OpenEdition). 2 indexed citations
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Comte, Auguste, et al.. (2007). Premiers cours de philosophie positive : préliminaires généraux et philosophie mathématique. Presses Universitaires de France eBooks.
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Dhombres, Jean, et al.. (1998). Joseph Fourier, 1768-1830 : créateur de la physique-mathématique. Belin eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Dhombres, Jean, et al.. (1996). Éléments de géométrie de G.P. de Roberval. J. Vrin eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Dhombres, Jean, et al.. (1994). Desargues en son temps. 185(2). 4 indexed citations
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Dhombres, Jean. (1993). Is one proof enough? Travels with a mathematician of the baroque period. Educational Studies in Mathematics. 24(4). 401–419. 15 indexed citations
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Dhombres, Jean & Mario H. Otero. (1993). Les annales de mathématiques pures et appliquées: le journal d'un homme seul au profit d'une communauté. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 3–70.
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Belhoste, Bruno, et al.. (1992). Leçons de mathématiques : édition annotée des cours de Laplace, Lagrange et Monge : avec introductions et annexes. Dunod eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Dhombres, Jean, et al.. (1989). Naissance d'un pouvoir : sciences et savants en France (1793-1824). Payot eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Dhombres, Jean. (1988). Leonhard Euler 1707–1783: Beiträge zu leben und werk. Historia Mathematica. 15(3). 289–290. 2 indexed citations
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Dhombres, Jean, et al.. (1988). Esprit de rigueur et présentation mathématique au XVIIIème siècle: le cas d'une démonstration d'Aepinus. Historia Mathematica. 15(1). 9–31. 3 indexed citations
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Dhombres, Jean, et al.. (1987). Mathématiques au fil des âges. Gauthier-Villars eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Dhombres, Jean, et al.. (1986). Historia de la química: de la antigüedad a 1950. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 1 indexed citations
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Belhoste, Bruno, et al.. (1985). Cauchy, 1789-1857 : un mathématicien légitimiste au XIXe siècle. Belin eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Dhombres, Jean. (1985). French Mathematical Textbooks from Bezout to Cauchy. 91–137. 2 indexed citations
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Dhombres, Jean. (1985). The origins of Cauchy's rigorous calculus. Historia Mathematica. 12(1). 86–90. 6 indexed citations
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Dhombres, Jean. (1976). Interpolation linéaire et équations fonctionnelles. Annales Polonici Mathematici. 32(3). 287–302. 3 indexed citations
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Dhombres, Jean. (1972). Sur les opérateurs multiplicativement liés dans les algèbres de dimension finie. French digital mathematics library (Numdam). 8(4). 333–363.

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