Dirichlet
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Dirichlet was a 19th-century German mathematician renowned for foundational contributions to number theory and mathematical analysis, including Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic progressions and the formalization of the concept of a function.
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| Dirichlet canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
German mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1805-02-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Düren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthRegion | Rhineland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Germany
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Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1859-05-05 ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Berlin
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University of Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Dirichlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mathematical analysis
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mathematical physics ⓘ number theory ⓘ partial differential equations ⓘ |
| fullName | Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
Johann
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Peter ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bernhard Riemann
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Leopold Kronecker NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Dedekind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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Joseph Fourier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Dirichlet L-functions
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Dirichlet boundary conditions ⓘ Dirichlet characters NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirichlet convolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirichlet distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirichlet divisor problem NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirichlet eta function NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirichlet hyperbola method NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirichlet kernel NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirichlet problem NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirichlet process NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirichlet test for convergence NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirichlet's principle NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic progressions NERFINISHED ⓘ formalization of the concept of a function ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Bavarian Academy of Sciences
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Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| notableIdea | rigorous definition of a function as a correspondence between variables ⓘ |
| notableWork | Vorlesungen über Zahlentheorie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor of mathematics at the University of Berlin
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professor of mathematics at the University of Göttingen ⓘ |
| relative |
Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy
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Felix Mendelssohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Rebecka Mendelssohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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