Charles Hermite

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Charles Hermite was a 19th-century French mathematician renowned for his work in number theory, algebra, and analysis, including the first proof that e is a transcendental number.

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instanceOf French mathematician
human
mathematician
birthDate 1822-12-24
birthPlace Dieuze
France
Moselle
citizenship France
deathDate 1901-01-14
deathPlace France
Paris
educatedAt École Polytechnique
employer Collège de France
Sorbonne
linked to: La Sorbonne

École Polytechnique
era 19th-century mathematics
familyName Hermite
fieldOfWork algebra
mathematical analysis
mathematics
number theory
gender male
givenName Charles
hasConceptNamedAfter Hermite constant
Hermite function
linked to: Hermite functions

Hermite normal form
Hermite polynomial
linked to: Hermite functions

Hermite–Biehler theorem
Hermite–Minkowski theorem
influenced Henri Poincaré
Émile Picard
knownFor Hermite functions
Hermite interpolation
Hermite normal form
Hermite polynomials
linked to: Hermite functions

Hermitian forms (work on quadratic forms)
contributions to elliptic functions
contributions to modular functions
first proof that e is transcendental
work on continued fractions
language French
memberOf Académie des Sciences
French Academy of Sciences
name Charles Hermite
nationality French
notableWork Sur la fonction exponentielle (proof of transcendence of e)
occupation professor of mathematics
student Henri Poincaré
Émile Picard

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Ferdinand von Lindemann influencedBy Charles Hermite
Ferdinand von Lindemann influencedBy Charles Hermite
subject linked to: Lindemann
Charles Hermite name Charles Hermite