Ferdinand von Lindemann

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German mathematician human mathematician

Ferdinand von Lindemann was a German mathematician best known for proving the transcendence of π, thereby establishing the impossibility of squaring the circle with ruler and compass.

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instanceOf German mathematician ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
awardReceived Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown ⓘ
birthDate 1852-04-12 ⓘ
birthPlace Hanover ⓘ
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
countryOfCitizenship Germany ⓘ
deathDate 1939-03-06 ⓘ
deathPlace Germany ⓘ
Munich ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Ernst Schering ⓘ
Felix Klein ⓘ
doctoralStudent Andreas Speiser ⓘ
Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
educatedAt University of Erlangen-Nuremberg ⓘ
surface form: University of Erlangen

University of Göttingen ⓘ
employer Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ⓘ
Freiburg University ⓘ
surface form: University of Freiburg

University of Königsberg ⓘ
era 19th-century mathematics ⓘ
20th-century mathematics ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Lindemann ⓘ
fieldOfWork mathematics ⓘ
number theory ⓘ
transcendental number theory ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Ferdinand ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline pure mathematics ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle von ⓘ
influenced David Hilbert ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Hermite ⓘ
knownFor Lindemann–Weierstrass theorem precursor ⓘ
proving that pi is a transcendental number ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
memberOf Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities ⓘ
name Ferdinand von Lindemann self-link ⓘ
notableFor proof of the transcendence of pi ⓘ
result that squaring the circle with ruler and compass is impossible ⓘ
notableWork Über die Zahl π ⓘ
positionHeld professor of mathematics ⓘ
proved no straightedge-and-compass construction can square the circle ⓘ
pi is transcendental ⓘ
publicationYearOfNotableWork 1882 ⓘ
residence Königsberg ⓘ
Munich ⓘ

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Hermann Minkowski → academicAdvisor → Ferdinand von Lindemann ⓘ
Alfred Clebsch → coAuthor → Ferdinand von Lindemann ⓘ
Arnold Sommerfeld → doctoralAdvisor → Ferdinand von Lindemann ⓘ
David Hilbert → doctoralAdvisor → Ferdinand von Lindemann ⓘ
Hermann → doctoralAdvisor → Ferdinand von Lindemann ⓘ
subject surface form: Hermann Minkowski
Hermann → influencedBy → Ferdinand von Lindemann ⓘ
subject surface form: Hermann Minkowski
Ferdinand von Lindemann → name → Ferdinand von Lindemann self-link ⓘ
Alfred Clebsch → notableStudent → Ferdinand von Lindemann ⓘ