Historedia
Person

Ferdinand von Lindemann

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1882

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Ferdinand von Lindemann, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Lindemann proves pi is transcendental

    1882

    Role: Mathematician

    1. 1882 · Mathematische AnnalenPublication of the Transcendence Proof

      Lindemann published his proof that pi is transcendental in 1882, confirming a conjecture by Legendre and Euler.

Sources

  1. Ferdinand von Lindemann Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-07
  2. Pi Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-21