Fourier

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Fourier is a French surname most famously associated with Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, the mathematician and physicist known for developing Fourier analysis and Fourier series.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
French-language surname
branch of mathematics
human
human
human
mathematical concept
mathematical transform
mathematician
philosopher
physicist
saint
scientific monograph
social theorist
surname
author Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
countryOfCitizenship France
France
France
dateOfBirth 1565-11-30
1768-03-21
1772-04-07
dateOfDeath 1640-12-09
1830-05-16
1837-10-10
employer École Polytechnique NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork heat transfer
mathematical analysis
knownFor Fourier analysis
Fourier series
Fourier transform
theory of heat conduction
theory of phalanstères
utopian socialism
languageOfOrigin French
memberOf Académie des Sciences
French Academy of Sciences
namedAfter Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
notableBearer François Marie Charles Fourier
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Pierre Fourier
notableWork Théorie analytique de la chaleur
occupation civil servant
professor
participatedIn French Revolution
Napoleonic expedition to Egypt
placeOfBirth Auxerre NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Paris
positionHeld perpetual secretary of the French Academy of Sciences
prefect of Isère
publicationDate 1822

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