Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
1805 – 1859 · aged 54
German mathematician (1805–1859)
- Born
- 13 Feb 1805 · Düren
- Died
- 5 May 1859 · Göttingen
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- 13 Feb 1805BornBorn in Düren
- 1855AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 1855AwardBavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 1855AwardPour le Mérite
- 5 May 1859DiedDied in Göttingen
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- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
Biography
Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (German: [ləˈʒœn diʁiˈkleː]; 13 February 1805 – 5 May 1859) was a German mathematician. In number theory, he proved special cases of Fermat's Last Theorem and created analytic number theory. In analysis, he advanced the theory of Fourier series and was one of the first to give the modern formal definition of a function. In mathematical physics, he studied potential theory, boundary-value problems, heat diffusion, and hydrodynamics.
Although his surname is Lejeune Dirichlet, he is commonly referred to by his mononym Dirichlet, in particular for results named after him.
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