Ferdinand von Lindemann

Ferdinand von Lindemann
Ferdinand von Lindemann
	Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann
Born	12 April 1852; Hannover, German Confederation
Died	6 March 1939 (aged 86); Munich, Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Known for	Proving π to be a transcendental number; Lindemann–Weierstrass theorem
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Munich, University of Freiburg
Doctoral advisor	C. Felix Klein
Doctoral students	Emil Hilb; David Hilbert; Martin Kutta; Alfred Loewy; Hermann Minkowski; Oskar Perron; Arthur Rosenthal; Arnold Sommerfeld; Heinrich Wieleitner;

Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann (12 April 1852 – 6 March 1939) was a German mathematician, noted for his proof, published in 1882, that $π$ (pi) is a transcendental number, meaning it is not a root of any polynomial with rational coefficients.

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