Joseph Liouville
Joseph Liouville | |
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Liouville in 1868 | |
| Born | 24 March 1809 |
| Died | 8 September 1882 (aged 73) |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique |
| Known for | Sturm–Liouville theory Liouville's equation Liouville's theorem (complex analysis) Liouville number Liouville-Green method Liouville's theorem (Hamiltonian) Liouville-Arnold theorem Liouville field theory Liouville's theorem (differential algebra) Liouville function Liouville's formula |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | École Centrale Paris École Polytechnique |
| Thesis | Sur le développement des fonctions ou parties de fonctions en séries de sinus et de cosinus, dont on fait usage dans un grand nombre de questions de Mécanique et de Physique (1836) |
| Doctoral advisor | Siméon Poisson Louis Jacques Thénard |
| Doctoral students | Eugène Charles Catalan Nikolai Bugaev |
Joseph Liouville (/ˌliːuˈvɪl/ LEE-oo-VIL; French: [ʒozɛf ljuvil]; 24 March 1809 – 8 September 1882) was a French mathematician and engineer.