Joseph Fourier
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist born in Auxerre, Burgundy and best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series, which eventually developed into Fourier analysis and harmonic analysis, and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations. The Fourier transform and Fourier's law of conduction are also named in his honour. Fourier is also generally credited with the discovery of the greenhouse effect.
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- Born in
- Auxerre
- Educated at
- Fleury AbbeyRoyal Abbey of Saint-Germain d'AuxerreÉcole normale
- Awards
- 🏆 72 names on the Eiffel Tower🏆 Officer of the Legion of Honour🏆 Foreign Member of the Royal Society🏆 Grand prix des sciences mathématiques
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Joseph-Louis Lagrange
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet📖 Claude-Louis Navier📖 Giovanni Plana
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1768
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