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Joseph Fourier

1768 - 1830

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Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier (; French: [ʒɑ̃ batist ʒozɛf fuʁje]; 21 March 1768 – 16 May 1830) was a French mathematician and physicist born in Auxerre and best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series, which eventually developed into Fourier analysis and harmonic analysis, and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations. The Fourier transform and Fourier's law of conduction are also named in his honour. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Fourier has received more than 1,473,356 page views. His biography is available in 117 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 115 in 2019). Joseph Fourier is the 20th most popular mathematician (up from 22nd in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from France (up from 140th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Mathematician.

Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician who is most famous for his work in the fields of heat transfer and wave propagation.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Joseph Fourier ranks 20 out of 1,004. Before him are Pierre de Fermat, Niels Henrik Abel, Pierre-Simon Laplace, David Hilbert, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and Henri Poincaré. After him are Hero of Alexandria, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Luca Pacioli, John von Neumann, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, and John Forbes Nash Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1768, Joseph Fourier ranks 2. Before him is Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Joseph Bonaparte, François-René de Chateaubriand, Charlotte Corday, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Frederick VI of Denmark, Karađorđe, Louis Desaix, Caroline of Brunswick, Lazare Hoche, and Marie-Guillemine Benoist. Among people deceased in 1830, Joseph Fourier ranks 2. Before him is Simón Bolívar. After him are Pope Pius VIII, George IV of the United Kingdom, Adam Weishaupt, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Benjamin Constant, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Antonio José de Sucre, Thomas Lawrence, and Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Fourier ranks 130 out of 6,770. Before him are Hugh Capet (940), Charles VI of France (1368), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Louis XII of France (1462), Henri Poincaré (1854), and Saint Sebastian (300). After him are Catherine Deneuve (1943), Paul Verlaine (1844), Albert Schweitzer (1875), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Jacques Lacan (1901), and Charles V of France (1338).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Joseph Fourier ranks 5. Before him are Blaise Pascal (1623), Pierre de Fermat (1601), Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749), and Henri Poincaré (1854). After him are Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Évariste Galois (1811), François Viète (1540), Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789), Pope Sylvester II (938), Sophie Germain (1776), and Marin Mersenne (1588).

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