Joseph Liouville
Joseph Liouville | |
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Liouville in 1868 | |
| Born | 24 March 1809 Saint-Omer, First French Empire |
| Died | 8 September 1882 (aged 73) Paris, French Third Republic |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique |
| Known for | See full list |
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| Institutions | École Centrale Paris École Polytechnique |
| Thesis | Sur le développement des fonctions ou parties de fonctions en séries de sinus et de cosinus, dont on fait usage dans un grand nombre de questions de Mécanique et de Physique (1836) |
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Other notable students | Charles Hermite |
Joseph Liouville (/ˌliːuˈvɪl/ LEE-oo-VIL; French: [ʒozɛf ljuvil]; 24 March 1809 – 8 September 1882) was a French mathematician who worked on a number of different fields in mathematics, including number theory, complex analysis, and mathematical physics.
The crater Liouville on the Moon is named after him.