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Ferdinand von Lindemann

Ferdinand von Lindemann
Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (d. 1939)

Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann 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.

12 April 1852

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