Joseph Liouville
French mathematician and engineer (1809–1882)
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- Born
- 1809
- Died
- 1882
- Works
- 83
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- Rapport sur les travaux de M. Alexis Perrey, relatifs aux tremblements de la terre
- Théorèmes généraux sur l'attraction des corps
- Journal de mathématiques pures et appliquées, ou, Recueil mensuel de mémoires sur les diverses parties des mathématiques
- Journal de mathématiques pures et appliquées
- Mémoire sur les figures ellipsoïdales à trois axes inégaux, qui peuvent convenir à l'équilibre d'une masse liquide homogène, douée d'un mouvement de rotation
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Joseph Liouville (/ˌliːuˈvɪl/ LEE-oo-VIL; French: [ʒozɛf ljuvil]; 24 March 1809 – 8 September 1882) was a French mathematician who worked on a number of different fields in mathematics, including number theory, complex analysis, and mathematical physics.
The crater Liouville on the Moon is named after him.
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1809 births1882 deaths19th-century French mathematiciansCorps des pontsÉcole des Ponts ParisTech alumniÉcole polytechnique alumniForeign members of the Royal SocietyFrench fellows of the Royal SocietyFrench mathematical analystsInternational members of the American Philosophical SocietyMembers of the French Academy of SciencesMembers of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities