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Adrien-Marie Legendre

French mathematician

Died when: 80 years 114 days (963 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Adrien-Marie Legendre

Adrien-Marie Legendre (/ləˈʒɑːndər, -ˈʒɑːnd/;French: [adʁiɛ̃ maʁi ləʒɑ̃dʁ]; 18 September 1752 – 9 January 1833) 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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