
Ferdinand von Lindemann
✶April 12, 1852
†March 6, 1939
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✶April 12, 1852
†March 6, 1939
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Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann was a German mathematician who proved in 1882 that π (pi) is a transcendental number, meaning it is not a root of any nonzero polynomial with rational coefficients.
German mathematician (1852–1939)
Biography from the article Ferdinand von Lindemann on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.