The classic problem of squaring the circle had intrigued mathematicians since the time of Euclid. Only in 1882, however, when Ferdinand Lindemann proved that is a transcendental number, was this problem finally resolved. While Lindemann is best known...

1852-1939 German mathematician who was the first to prove π is a transcendental number (a number that is not the root of any algebraic equation with rational coefficients). Lindemann's work was primarily in geometry and analysis, in...

Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann (April 12, 1852 – March 6 1939) was a German mathematician, noted for his proof, published in 1882, that π (Pi) is a transcendental number, i.e., it is not a zero of any polynomial with rational...

Ferdinand von Fürstenberg, Fürstbischof von Paderborn und Münster: Friedensfürst und Guter Hirt. Edited by Nobert Börste and Jörg Ernesti. [Paderborner Theologische Studien, Band 42. ] (Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh. 2004. Pp. 634. euro29.90.) This work is the result of a collaboration among a variety...

Lindemann, Charles R. Lindemann, Mary Ellen Charles R. Lindemann age 63, and Mary Ellen Lindemann, age 62, of Milwaukee,died March 12, 2007 following a tragic car accident. Charles was born October 18, 1943 in Milwaukee to Grant and Irma (nee Ganske) Lindemann. Mary...