Mathematician:Joseph Fourier

Mathematician
French mathematician and physicist best known for the Fourier series and his application of this technique to the problem of heat conduction.

Also developed the technique of dimensional analysis, and discovered the greenhouse effect.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: 21 March 1768, Auxerre, Bourgogne, France
 * 1798: Accompanied to Egypt
 * Died: 16 May 1830, Paris, France

Theorems and Definitions

 * Fourier Analysis
 * Fourier Coefficient
 * Fourier's Equation (usually known as the Heat Equation)
 * Fourier Number
 * Fourier Series
 * Fourier Transform


 * Fourier-Stieltjes Coefficients (with )


 * Sum Notation


 * Fourier's Law
 * Fourier's Theorem, also known as Fourier's Integral Theorem
 * Fourier-Motzkin Elimination (with )

Publications

 * 1807: On the Propagation of Heat in Solid Bodies
 * 1810: Description of Egypt
 * 1822:
 * 1822:


 * Historical Précis (unpublished)

Critical View

 * Fourier's theorem is not only one of the most beautiful theorems of modern analysis, but it may be said to furnish an indispensable instrument in the treatment of nearly every recondite question in modern physics.
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Also known as
Full name and title:
 * Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

or:
 * Jean Baptiste Joseph, Baron de Fourier