Ferdinand von Lindemann

Ferdinand von Lindemann
Ferdinand von Lindemann
	Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann
Born	12 April 1852; Hannover, German Confederation
Died	6 March 1939 (aged 86); Munich, Germany
Alma mater	Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg
Known for	Proof that π is transcendental; Lindemann–Weierstrass theorem;
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; University of Freiburg;
Doctoral advisor	C. Felix Klein
Doctoral students	Emil Hilb; David Hilbert; Martin Kutta; Alfred Loewy; Hermann Minkowski; Oskar Perron; Arthur Rosenthal; Arnold Sommerfeld; Heinrich Wieleitner;

Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann (12 April 1852 – 6 March 1939) was a German mathematician who proved in 1882 that $π$ (pi) is a transcendental number, meaning it is not a root of any nonzero polynomial with rational coefficients.