Ferdinand von Lindemann
Also known as Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann
German mathematician (1852–1939)
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- IQ-TREE: A Fast and Effective Stochastic Algorithm for Estimating Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies
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- ModelFinder: fast model selection for accurate phylogenetic estimates
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- The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies
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Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann (12 April 1852 – 6 March 1939) 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.
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1852 births1939 deaths19th-century German mathematicians20th-century German mathematiciansAcademic staff of the University of KönigsbergGerman number theoristsLMU Munich alumniPeople from the Kingdom of HanoverScientists from HanoverSquaring the circleUniversity of Erlangen–Nuremberg alumniUniversity of Göttingen alumni