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Jacques Hadamard

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Also Known As Jacques Salomon Hadamard
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Jacques Hadamard was a French mathematician who made major contributions in number theory, complex analysis, differential geometry, and partial differential equations, and who proved the prime number theorem in 1896. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1865-12-08 1
Birth Year
1865 1
Death Date
1963-10-17 1
Death Year
1963 1
Birthplace
Versailles, France 1
Death Place
Paris, France 1
Nationality / Culture
French 1
Defining Contribution
Hadamard proved the prime number theorem in 1896 using complex function theory, independently of Charles-Jean de la Vallee Poussin's proof the same year. 2
Notable Work
Proved the prime number theorem (1896), independently of Charles-Jean de la Vallee Poussin. 1
Award
Bordin Prize (1896); Prix Poncelet (1898); elected to the Academie des Sciences (1912); Fellow of the Royal Society (1932); CNRS Gold Medal (1956). 1
Biography
Gender
Male 1
Connections

Conjectures Posed

Hadamard Conjecture, Conjectures

In Branch

Analytic Number Theory, Branches of Mathematics

Proofs Credited

Prime Number Theorem, Theorems
Source Prime Number Theorem (Wikipedia)
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: France, nationality there.
Sources
1. Jacques Hadamard (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • lead paragraph
    was a French mathematician who made major contributions in number theory, complex analysis, differential geometry, and partial differential equations
  • infobox
    French mathematician
  • opening biographical line
    Jacques Salomon Hadamard (8 December 1865 - 17 October 1963) was a French mathematician who made major contributions in number theory, complex analysis, differential geometry, and partial differential equations.
  • Summary section
    Hadamard proved the prime number theorem using complex function theory, and discovered Hadamard matrices through his work on determinant inequalities.
  • honors/awards section
    Grand Prix des Sciences Mathematiques (1892); Prix Poncelet (1898); CNRS Gold medal (1956).
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2. Prime Number Theorem (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHistory section
Quote, History section
independently proved by Jacques Hadamard and Charles Jean de la Vallee Poussin in 1896
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