Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Joseph-Louis (Giuseppe Luigi), comte de Lagrange
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an Italian mathematician and astronomer, later naturalized French. He made significant contributions to the fields of analysis, number theory, and both classical and celestial mechanics.
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Born
Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia 25 January 1736 Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died
10 April 1813 (aged 77) Paris, First French Empire
Known for
(see list) Analytical mechanics Calculus of variations Celestial mechanics Mathematical analysis Number theory Theory of equations
Fields
Mathematics Astronomy Mechanics
Alma mater
University of Turin
Institutions
École Normale École Polytechnique
Academic advisors
Leonhard Euler (epistolary correspondent) Giovanni Battista Beccaria
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France
Citizenship
Sardinia French Empire
era
1600-1800
Influenced
Évariste Galois
Influences
Leonhard Euler
Notable students
Joseph Fourier Giovanni Plana Siméon Poisson