Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet

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title: Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
text: Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet was a German mathematician. In number theory, he proved special cases of Fermat's last theorem and created analytic number theory. In analysis, he advanced the theory of Fourier series and was one of the first to give the modern formal definition of a function. In mathematical physics, he studied potential theory, boundary-value problems, and heat diffusion, and hydrodynamics. Although his surname is Lejeune Dirichlet, he is commonly referred to by his monon
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description: German mathematician (1805–1859)
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