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Joseph Liouville

Joseph Liouville
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Joseph Liouville was a French mathematician who worked on a number of different fields in mathematics, including number theory, complex analysis, and mathematical physics. Many mathematical concepts are named after him, including Liouville's theorem in Hamiltonian mechanics and Liouville's theorem for complex numbers.

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  1. Caterina ScarpelliniOctober 29, 1808 – November 28, 1873
  2. Benjamin PeirceApril 4, 1809 – October 6, 1880
  3. Hermann GrassmannApril 15, 1809 – September 26, 1877
  4. James GlaisherApril 7, 1809 – February 7, 1903
  5. Joseph Liouville (this page)March 24, 1809 – September 8, 1882
  6. Luigi Federico MenabreaSeptember 4, 1809 – May 24, 1896

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