Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)

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.

In the News

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  π (pi) congratulates von Lindemann on proof.

Fiction cross-reference

• Crime against mathematical constants
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Pi catastrophe

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Mathematics (nonfiction)
• Pi (nonfiction)

External links

• Ferdinand von Lindemann @ Wikipedia