Skip to content
Charles Hermite

File:Charles_Hermite.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ168401· pop 54· linked from 148 articles

Charles Hermite

Sign in to save

Also known as Hermite

French mathematician (1822-1901)

OverviewAI-generated

Charles Hermite was a French male author who lived from 1822 to 1901. He was born on December 24, 1822, and died on January 14, 1901. His literary output includes works such as *Edmond Hébert*, *Sur l'interpolation*, *Sulle frazioni continue*, *Sur une application de la théorie des fonctions doublement périodiques de seconde espèce*, and *Sur la transformation des fonctions elliptiques*.

Hermite’s contributions are recognized in the Royal Society collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His work has been referenced by 148 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1822
Died
1901
Works
25

Top works

  • Edmond Hébert
  • Sur l'interpolation
  • Sulle frazioni continue
  • Sur une application de la théorie des fonctions doublement périodiques de seconde espèce
  • Sur la transformation des fonctions elliptiques

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Charles
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Dieuze
Place of death
Paris
Languages spoken
French
Academic degree
baccalauréat
Doctoral advisor
Eugène Charles Catalan
Student of
Louis Richard
Doctoral student
Henri Padé
Field of work
elliptic function
Image
Charles Hermite circa 1901 edit.jpg
Show 10 more facts
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
P8168
Wrexham
name in native language
Charles Hermite
Commons category
Charles Hermite
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
place of burial
Montparnasse Cemetery
date of birth
1822-12-24
date of death
1901-01-14
Sources (7)

via Wikidata · CC0

~10 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Charles Hermite ( French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl ɛʁˈmit]) FRS FRSE MIAS (24 December 1822 – 14 January 1901) was a French mathematician who studied analysis, number theory, and algebra. One of his most remarkable achievements was the proof of the transcendence of the number e.

Life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charles Hermite” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (2)