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Joseph Liouville

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French mathematician and engineer (1809-1882)

FranceAcademicsLived 1809 to 1882 · aged 73
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Joseph Liouville was a French mathematician who worked on a number of different fields in mathematics, including number theory, complex analysis, and mathematical physics.

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Title page of the first volume of Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées in 1836.Title page of the first volume of Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées in 1836.An animation illustrating Liouville's theorem for simple harmonic motion. The area of the phase-space portrait is constant.An animation illustrating Liouville's theorem for simple harmonic motion. The area of the phase-space portrait is constant.

Awards 3

1879Commander of the Legion of Honour
1861Officer of the Legion of Honour
Foreign Member of the Royal Society

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Academics from France 6

Louis Auguste Blanqui55.0Alain Bauer54.8Émile Littré55.0Étienne Cabet54.8Philippe Sollers55.1Gabriel Bonnot de Mably54.8

About this person

Country
France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1809 to 1882 · aged 73
Written about in
29 languages

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