Adrien-Marie Legendre

Adrien-Marie Legendre was a French mathematician who made numerous contributions to mathematics. Well-known and important concepts such as the Legendre polynomials and Legendre transformation are named after him.

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Who was born first?

• Adrien-Marie Legendre and Barnaba Oriani were born the same year
• Adrien-Marie Legendre was born 1 year before Dugald Stewart
• Adrien-Marie Legendre was born 1 year before Lazare Carnot
• Adrien-Marie Legendre was born 1 year before Benjamin Thompson
• Adrien-Marie Legendre was born 1 year before Edward Pigott

Timeline

1. Adrien-Marie Legendre (this page)September 18, 1752 – January 9, 1833
2. Barnaba OrianiJuly 17, 1752 – November 12, 1832
3. Benjamin ThompsonMarch 26, 1753 – August 21, 1814
4. Dugald StewartNovember 22, 1753 – June 11, 1828
5. Edward PigottMarch 27, 1753 – June 27, 1825
6. Lazare CarnotMay 13, 1753 – August 2, 1823

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