Mathematician:Charles Hermite

Mathematician
French mathematician who did research mainly in the fields of number theory and analysis.

The first to prove that e is transcendental. Showed that a quintic can be solved by means of elliptic functions.

Certain of his discoveries in pure mathematics unexpectedly have applications in mathematical physics.

He was an inspiring teacher, notably having as a pupil.

Brother-in-law of.

Most notable for sharing a birthday with, and.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: December 24, 1822
 * 1842: Entered École Polytechnique but left soon after
 * 1848: Married Louise Bertrand
 * 1870: Appointed to a Professorship at Sorbonne
 * Died: January 14, 1901

Theorems and Definitions

 * Hermitian Conjugate
 * Hermite Constant
 * Hermitian Form
 * Hermite Interpolation
 * Hermitian Manifold
 * Hermitian Matrix
 * Hermitian Operator


 * Hermite Normal Form
 * Hermite Polynomial
 * Cubic Hermite Spline


 * Hermite's Cotangent Identity
 * Hermite's Identity
 * Hermite's Law of Reciprocity


 * Hermite-Lindemann-Weierstrass Theorem (with and )

Publications

 * 1855: Sur quelques applications des fonctions elliptiques
 * 1873: Cours d'Analyse de l'École Polytechnique. Première Partie
 * 1891: Cours professé à la Faculté des Sciences
 * 1873: Cours d'Analyse de l'École Polytechnique. Première Partie
 * 1891: Cours professé à la Faculté des Sciences
 * 1891: Cours professé à la Faculté des Sciences

Critical View

 * Talk with M. Hermite. He never evokes a concrete image, yet you soon perceive that the most abstract entities are to him like living creatures.