Joseph Liouville
French mathematician and engineer (1809–1882) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph Liouville FRS FRSE FAS (/ˌliːuːˈvɪl/; French: [ʒɔzɛf ljuvil]; 24 March 1809 – 8 September 1882)[1][2] was a French mathematician and engineer.
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Joseph Liouville | |
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Born | (1809-03-24)24 March 1809 |
Died | 8 September 1882(1882-09-08) (aged 73) |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | École Polytechnique |
Known for | Sturm–Liouville theory Liouville's equation Liouville's theorem (complex analysis) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | École Centrale Paris École Polytechnique |
Doctoral advisor | Siméon Poisson Louis Jacques Thénard |
Doctoral students | Eugène Charles Catalan Nikolai Bugaev |
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