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Joseph Liouville

Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (died 1882)

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Born
March 24, 1809
Died
September 8, 1882
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1809

About Joseph Liouville

Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (died 1882) Liouville founded the Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées (which retains its high reputation up to today) in order to promote other mathematicians' work. In number theory, he was the first to prove the existence of transcendental numbers; he used a construction with continued fractions (Liouville numbers). Liouville was also involved in politics for some time, and he became a member of the Constituting Assembly in 1848.

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The world when Joseph Liouville was born

Joseph Liouville was born in 1809. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

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  • Top headlineJames Madison inaugurated as 4th President
  • Technology milestoneFirst canning factory opens in England
  • World population~945M

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  • U.S. leaderJames Madison
  • U.S. population7.2M

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Measure18092026
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