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Ferdinand von Lindemann

1852 - 1939

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Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann (12 April 1852 – 6 March 1939) was a German mathematician, noted for his proof, published in 1882, that π (pi) is a transcendental number, meaning it is not a root of any polynomial with rational coefficients. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand von Lindemann is the 142nd most popular mathematician (down from 127th in 2019), the 826th most popular biography from Germany (down from 788th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Mathematician.

Ferdinand von Lindemann was a German mathematician who is most famous for proving that π is a transcendental number.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ferdinand von Lindemann ranks 142 out of 1,004. Before him are Liu Hui, Hermann Weyl, Hermann of Reichenau, Annie S. D. Maunder, Zu Chongzhi, and Henri Lebesgue. After him are Mikhail Ostrogradsky, John G. Kemeny, Gabriel Lamé, George Pólya, Lars Ahlfors, and Joseph Liouville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Ferdinand von Lindemann ranks 18. Before him are Francisco Tárrega, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Joseph Joffre, Augusta, Lady Gregory, and William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. After him are Alice Liddell, Constantin Fehrenbach, Christian Krohg, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, H. H. Asquith, and Hipólito Yrigoyen. Among people deceased in 1939, Ferdinand von Lindemann ranks 21. Before him are Edward Sapir, Karl Radek, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Douglas Fairbanks, James Naismith, and Matthias Sindelar. After him are Antonio Machado, Anthony Fokker, Louis Wain, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Otto Rank, and Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ferdinand von Lindemann ranks 826 out of 7,253. Before him are Arthur Nebe (1894), Friedrich List (1789), Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (1414), Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1636), and Johann Tetzel (1460). After him are Carl Spitzweg (1808), Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), Ludwig Quidde (1858), Wolfgang Schäuble (1942), and Hermann Cohen (1842).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Ferdinand von Lindemann ranks 20. Before him are Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804), Felix Klein (1849), Christopher Clavius (1538), Andrew Wiles (1953), Hermann Weyl (1885), and Hermann of Reichenau (1013). After him are Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), Johannes Trithemius (1462), Ernst Schröder (1841), Maria Reiche (1903), Thomas Abbt (1738), and Robert Aumann (1930).

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