Ferdinand von Lindemann
Ferdinand von Lindemann | |
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Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann | |
| Born | 12 April 1852 |
| Died | 6 March 1939 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| Known for | Proving π to be a transcendental number Lindemann–Weierstrass theorem |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Munich, University of Freiburg |
| Doctoral advisor | C. Felix Klein |
| Doctoral students | |
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.