Louis Comtet

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
7 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Louis Comtet is a scholar working on Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Algebra and Number Theory and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Louis Comtet has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1 paper in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, 1 paper in Algebra and Number Theory and 1 paper in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Louis Comtet's work include History and advancements in chemistry (1 paper), Advanced Mathematical Identities (1 paper) and Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics (1 paper). Louis Comtet is often cited by papers focused on History and advancements in chemistry (1 paper), Advanced Mathematical Identities (1 paper) and Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics (1 paper). Louis Comtet collaborates with scholars based in France. Louis Comtet's co-authors include J.W. Nienhuys, John R. Riordan, Martin J. Cohen, Hermann Simon, Fred Gross, Ralph Greenberg, A. A. Goldstein, Fred Richman and Edwin Hewitt and has published in prestigious journals such as Mathematics of Computation, American Mathematical Monthly and Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew).

In The Last Decade

Louis Comtet

7 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Advanced Combinatorics

1974 1.5k citations Louis Comtet profile →
Advanced Combinatorics: The Art of Finite and Infinite Expansions

1974 624 citations Louis Comtet, J.W. Nienhuys Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Louis Comtet France	5	1.2k	1.1k	648	363	335	7	2.4k
P. Túrán Hungary	21	573 0.5×	493 0.4×	1.2k 1.9×	427 1.2×	233 0.7×	77	2.7k
Dennis Stanton United States	26	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	666 1.0×	577 1.6×	177 0.5×	100	2.3k
Steven Roman United States	18	651 0.5×	539 0.5×	445 0.7×	332 0.9×	297 0.9×	41	2.0k
H. W. Gould United States	21	861 0.7×	552 0.5×	647 1.0×	262 0.7×	338 1.0×	96	1.6k
Jean Dieudonné United States	27	742 0.6×	588 0.5×	397 0.6×	1.1k 3.1×	154 0.5×	113	2.7k
George Gasper United States	20	1.3k 1.1×	612 0.5×	1.9k 3.0×	561 1.5×	482 1.4×	64	2.9k
Ira M. Gessel United States	28	1.3k 1.0×	1.8k 1.6×	384 0.6×	735 2.0×	196 0.6×	92	2.6k
Adriano M. Garsia United States	31	970 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	522 0.8×	1.1k 3.0×	168 0.5×	98	2.7k
Ivan Niven United States	18	502 0.4×	321 0.3×	261 0.4×	593 1.6×	223 0.7×	66	2.2k
Mizan Rahman Canada	12	1.2k 1.0×	580 0.5×	1.3k 2.0×	445 1.2×	426 1.3×	32	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Louis Comtet

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Fields of papers citing papers by Louis Comtet

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Louis Comtet

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Louis Comtet. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Louis Comtet based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Louis Comtet. Louis Comtet is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Riordan, John R. & Louis Comtet. (1976). Advanced Combinatorics. Mathematics of Computation. 30(133). 190–190. 234 indexed citations

2.

Comtet, Louis. (1974). Advanced Combinatorics. 1549 indexed citations breakdown →

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Comtet, Louis & J.W. Nienhuys. (1974). Advanced Combinatorics: The Art of Finite and Infinite Expansions. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 624 indexed citations breakdown →

4.

Hewitt, Edwin, et al.. (1967). Advanced Problems: 5470-5479. American Mathematical Monthly. 74(3). 328–328. 1 indexed citations

5.

Comtet, Louis. (1967). 5346. American Mathematical Monthly. 74(2). 209–209. 6 indexed citations

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Greenberg, Ralph, et al.. (1966). 5286. American Mathematical Monthly. 73(4). 426–426. 1 indexed citations

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Simon, Hermann, et al.. (1965). Advanced Problems: 5300-5309. American Mathematical Monthly. 72(6). 673–673. 5 indexed citations

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