Charles Hermite
1822-1901
French mathematician who dealt chiefly with Abelian and elliptic functions as well as the theory of numbers. During his lifetime, he held positions at the finest schools of P...
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Charles Hermite was one of the founders of analytic number theory. This discipline uses the techniques of analysis (the calculus) to handle questions about positive whole numbers. Hermite is also reme...
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