Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet

Mathematician, Academic

1805 – 1859

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Who was Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet?

Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet was a German mathematician who made deep contributions to number theory, and to the theory of Fourier series and other topics in mathematical analysis; he is credited with being one of the first mathematicians to give the modern formal definition of a function.

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Born
Feb 13, 1805
Düren
Also known as
  • Γκούσταβ Λεζέν-Ντίριχλετ
  • Πέτερ Γκουστάβ Λεζαίν Ντίριχλετ
  • 約翰·彼得·古斯塔夫·勒熱納·狄利克雷
  • Дирихле, Петер Густав Лежён
Spouses
Nationality
  • Germany
  • Prussia
Profession
Education
  • University of Bonn
Employment
  • Humboldt University of Berlin
Lived in
  • Germany
  • Prussia
Died
May 5, 1859
Göttingen

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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