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Adrien-Marie Legendre
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Adrien-Marie Legendre was a French mathematician who made numerous contributions to mathematics. Well-known and important concepts such as the Legendre polynomials and Legendre transformation are name
Watercolor caricature by Julien-Léopold Boilly (see § Mistaken portrait), the only authenticated portrait of Legendre
Watercolor caricature by Julien-Léopold Boilly (see § Mistaken portrait), the only authenticated portrait of Legendre
Legendre's grave at the Auteuil cemetery
Legendre's grave at the Auteuil cemetery
1820 watercolor caricatures of the French mathematicians Adrien-Marie Legendre (left) and Joseph Fourier (right) by French artist Julien-Léopold Boill
1820 watercolor caricatures of the French mathematicians Adrien-Marie Legendre (left) and Joseph Fourier (right) by French artist Julien-Léopold Boilly, watercolor portrait numbers 29 and 30 of Album de 73 portraits-charge aquarellés des membres de I'Institut.
Side view sketching of French politician Louis Legendre (1752–1797), whose portrait had been mistakenly used, for nearly 200 years, to represent Frenc
Side view sketching of French politician Louis Legendre (1752–1797), whose portrait had been mistakenly used, for nearly 200 years, to represent French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre, i.e. up until 2005 when the mistake was discovered.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist, who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science. His mathematical contributions spanned the bran
Adrien-Marie Legendre
…are named after him. He is also known for his contributions to the method of least squares, and was the first to officially publish on it, though Carl Friedrich Gauss had discovered it before him. Adrien-Marie Legendre was born in Paris on 18 September 1752 to a wealthy family. He received his education at the Collège…
Portrait by Christian Albrecht Jensen, 1840 (copy from Gottlieb Biermann, 1887)
Portrait by Christian Albrecht Jensen, 1840 (copy from Gottlieb Biermann, 1887)
Birthplace in Brunswick (destroyed in World War II)
Birthplace in Brunswick (destroyed in World War II)
Gauss's home as student in Göttingen
Gauss's home as student in Göttingen
Old Göttingen observatory, c. 1800
Old Göttingen observatory, c. 1800