Joseph Fourier
French mathematician and physicist
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist born in Auxerre and best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series, which eventually developed into Fourier analysis and harmonic analysis, and their applications... Wikipedia
Born: March 21, 1768, Auxerre, France
Died: May 16, 1830 (age 62 years), Paris, France
Education: École normale supérieure
Parents: Edmée Germaine Lebègue and Joseph Fourier
Academic advisors: Jean-Baptiste Biot; Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Fields: Mathematician, physicist, historian
Notable students: Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet; Claude-Louis Navier; Giovanni Plana
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