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Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet ( German: [ləˈʒœn diʁiˈkleː]; [1] 13 February 1805 – 5 May 1859) was a German mathematician. In number theory, he proved special cases of Fermat's last theorem and created analytic number theory.
May 1, 2024 · Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet was a German mathematician who made valuable contributions to number theory, analysis, and mechanics. He taught at the universities of Breslau (1827) and Berlin (1828–55) and in 1855 succeeded Carl Friedrich Gauss at the University of Göttingen.
May 5, 2012 · Summary. Lejeune Dirichlet is best known for his proof that in any arithmetic progression with first term coprime to the difference there are infinitely many primes. View seven larger pictures. Biography. Lejeune Dirichlet's family came from the Belgium town of Richelet where Dirichlet's grandfather lived.
Learn about the life and work of Dirichlet, a German mathematician who originated the theory of Fourier series and made contributions to number theory and analysis. Find out his definition of a function, his collaboration with Dedekind, and his legacy in science and mathematics.
A comprehensive book about the life and work of Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, a German mathematician who made major contributions to number theory and analysis. The book covers his personal and professional context, his publications, his legacy, and his interactions with other mathematicians, scientists, and artists.
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet was born on February 13, 1805 in Diiren, between Aachen and Cologne. His father was a postmaster and his grandfather hailed from the
Dirichlet was the first mathematician who systematically studied rings of al gebraic numbers with the goal to generalize the unique decomposition of natural numbers as products of primes.
