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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand von Lindemann has received more than 185,794 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Ferdinand von Lindemann is the 127th most popular mathematician (down from 122nd in 2019), the 788th most popular biography from Germany (down from 762nd in 2019) and the 18th 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 127 out of 1,004. Before him are Alexis Clairaut, Christopher Clavius, Zu Chongzhi, Hermann Weyl, Herbert A. Hauptman, and Marian Rejewski. After him are Liu Hui, Étienne Bézout, Colin Maclaurin, Hermann of Reichenau, Lodovico Ferrari, and Jacques Hadamard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Ferdinand von Lindemann ranks 18. Before him are Francisco Tárrega, Charles Taze Russell, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, and Constantin Fehrenbach. After him are Alice Liddell, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, H. H. Asquith, Tewfik Pasha, Terauchi Masatake, and Paul Bourget. Among people deceased in 1939, Ferdinand von Lindemann ranks 20. Before him are Matthias Sindelar, Douglas Fairbanks, Edward Sapir, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Antonio Machado, and Louis Wain. After him are Ambroise Vollard, Alexander Yegorov, Anthony Fokker, Ghazi of Iraq, Otto Rank, and Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ferdinand von Lindemann ranks 788 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodor Fontane (1819), Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793), Udo Kier (1944), Matthias Erzberger (1875), Bernd Schuster (1959), and Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724). After him are Ludwig Quidde (1858), Gisela of Hungary (980), Joseph Wirth (1879), Horst Ludwig Störmer (1949), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Ferdinand von Lindemann ranks 18. Before him are Alexander Grothendieck (1928), Regiomontanus (1436), Felix Klein (1849), Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804), Christopher Clavius (1538), and Hermann Weyl (1885). After him are Hermann of Reichenau (1013), Andrew Wiles (1953), Johannes Trithemius (1462), Robert Aumann (1930), Ernst Zermelo (1871), and Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849).

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