Carl Louis Ferdinand Von Lindemann
1852-1939
German mathematician who was the first to prove π is a transcendental number (a number that is not the root of any algebraic equation with rational ...
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The classic problem of squaring the circle had intrigued mathematicians since the time of Euclid. Only in 1882, however, when Ferdinand Lindemann proved that is a transcendental number, was this prob...
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