Johann Peter Gustave Lejeune Dirichlet
1805-1859
German Mathematician
Lejeune Dirichlet was a professor at the University of Berlin prior to accepting a chair—previously held by Carl Gauss (177...
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Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet was born in 1805, the son of the town postmaster of Düren (then part of the French empire). He was initially educated at public schools, then at a private sc...
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Dirichlet was born in Düren, Germany, the son of the local postmaster. The young Dirichlet was intensely interested in mathematics. At the age of 14, he attended the University of Cologne where h...
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Johann Peter Gustave Lejeune Dirichlet
Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet