Charles Hermite

Charles Hermite
FRS FRSE
Born(1822-12-24)24 December 1822
Dieuze, Moselle, Kingdom of France
Died14 January 1901(1901-01-14) (aged 78)
Paris, French Third Republic
Alma mater
  • Collège Henri IV, Sorbonne
  • Collège Louis-le-Grand, Sorbonne
Known for
  • Proof that e is transcendental
  • Hermitian matrices
  • Hermite polynomials
  • See full list
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions
  • École Polytechnique
  • Sorbonne
Doctoral advisor
Eugène Charles Catalan
Other academic advisors
Joseph Liouville
Doctoral students

Charles Hermite (French: [ʃaʁl ɛʁmit]; 24 December 1822 – 14 January 1901) was a French mathematician who studied analysis, number theory, and algebra. One of his most remarkable achievements was the proof of the transcendence of the number e.

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