Adrien-Marie Legendre

Adrien-Marie Legendre
Watercolor caricature by Julien-Léopold Boilly (see § Mistaken portrait), the only known portrait of Legendre[1]
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1400-1600
1600-1800
1800+
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a French mathematician who made numerous contributions to mathematics. Well-known and important concepts such as the Legendre polynomials and Legendre transformation are named after him.
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Born
18 September 1752 Paris, France
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Died
9 January 1833 (aged 80) Paris, France
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Nationality
French
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Known for
Associated Legendre polynomials Legendre transformation Legendre polynomials Legendre transform Elliptic functions Introducing the character ∂
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Fields
Mathematician
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Alma mater
Collège Mazarin
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Institutions
École Militaire École Normale École Polytechnique
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France
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era
1600-1800
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Influenced
Évariste Galois

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