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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.
Ferdinand von Lindemann was a German mathematician who is mainly remembered for having proved that the number π is transcendental—i.e., it does not satisfy any algebraic equation with rational coefficients. This proof established that the classical Greek construction problem of squaring the circle.
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Carl Louis Ferdinand Lindemann, ab 1918 Ritter von Lindemann (* 12. April 1852 in Hannover; † 6. März 1939 in München) war ein deutscher Mathematiker .
Ferdinand von Lindemann was the first to prove that π is transcendental, i.e. π is not the root of any algebraic equation with rational coefficients.
The theorem is named for Ferdinand von Lindemann and Karl Weierstrass. Lindemann proved in 1882 that e α is transcendental for every non-zero algebraic number α, thereby establishing that π is transcendental (see below). Weierstrass proved the above more general statement in 1885.
Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann (April 12, 1852 – March 6, 1939) was a German mathematician, noted for his proof, published in 1882, that π (pi) is a transcendental number, i.e., it is not a zero of any polynomial with rational coefficients.
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Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann. 1852-1939. German mathematician who was the first to prove π is a transcendental number (a number that is not the root of any algebraic equation with rational coefficients).
