Charles Hermite

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French mathematician human mathematician

Charles Hermite was a 19th-century French mathematician renowned for his work in number theory, algebra, and analysis, including the first proof that e is a transcendental number.

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Charles Hermite canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French mathematician ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
birthDate 1822-12-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Dieuze ⓘ
France ⓘ
Moselle ⓘ
citizenship France ⓘ
deathDate 1901-01-14 ⓘ
deathPlace France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
educatedAt École Polytechnique ⓘ
employer Collège de France ⓘ
La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form: Sorbonne

École Polytechnique ⓘ
era 19th-century mathematics ⓘ
familyName Hermite ⓘ
fieldOfWork algebra ⓘ
mathematical analysis ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
number theory ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hasConceptNamedAfter Hermite constant ⓘ
Hermite functions ⓘ
surface form: Hermite function

Hermite normal form ⓘ
Hermite functions ⓘ
surface form: Hermite polynomial

Hermite–Biehler theorem ⓘ
Hermite–Minkowski theorem ⓘ
influenced Henri Poincaré ⓘ
Émile Picard ⓘ
knownFor Hermite functions ⓘ
Hermite interpolation ⓘ
Hermite normal form ⓘ
Hermite functions ⓘ
surface form: Hermite polynomials

Hermitian forms (work on quadratic forms) ⓘ
contributions to elliptic functions ⓘ
contributions to modular functions ⓘ
first proof that e is transcendental ⓘ
work on continued fractions ⓘ
language French ⓘ
memberOf Académie des Sciences ⓘ
Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form: French Academy of Sciences
name Charles Hermite self-link ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
notableWork Lindemann–Weierstrass theorem precursor ⓘ
surface form: Sur la fonction exponentielle (proof of transcendence of e)
occupation professor of mathematics ⓘ
student Henri Poincaré ⓘ
Émile Picard ⓘ

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Ferdinand von Lindemann → influencedBy → Charles Hermite ⓘ
Lindemann → influencedBy → Charles Hermite ⓘ
subject surface form: Ferdinand von Lindemann
Charles Hermite → name → Charles Hermite self-link ⓘ