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[[File:Carl_Louis_Ferdinand_von_Lindemann.jpg|thumb|Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.]]'''Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann''' (April 12, 1852 – March 6, 1939) was a German [[Mathematician (nonfiction)|mathematician]], noted for his proof, published in 1882, that [[Pi (nonfiction)|π (pi)]] is a transcendental number, meaning it is not a root of any polynomial with rational coefficients.
[[File:Carl_Louis_Ferdinand_von_Lindemann.jpg|thumb|Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.]]'''Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann''' (12 April 1852 – 6 March 1939) was a German [[Mathematician (nonfiction)|mathematician]], noted for his proof, published in 1882, that [[Pi (nonfiction)|π (pi)]] is a transcendental number, meaning it is not a root of any polynomial with rational coefficients.


== In the News ==
== In the News ==
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==
* [[Crime against mathematical constants]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Pi catastrophe]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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* [[Pi (nonfiction)]]
* [[Pi (nonfiction)]]


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== External links  


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Lindemann Ferdinand von Lindemann] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Lindemann Ferdinand von Lindemann] @ Wikipedia

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Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.

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.

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Fiction cross-reference

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== External links