Joseph Fourier

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:advisorTo gptkb:Jean-François_Champollion
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:École_Normale_Supérieure
gptkbp:birthDate 1768-03-21
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Auxerre,_France
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Père_Lachaise_Cemetery
gptkbp:deathDate 1830-05-16
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
engineering
physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Joseph_Fourier
gptkbp:honor Fourier number named after him
Fourier transform named after him
Name inscribed on the Eiffel Tower
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Joseph Fourier
gptkbp:influenced development of harmonic analysis
development of signal processing
development of thermodynamics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:Pierre-Simon_Laplace
gptkb:Jean_le_Rond_d'Alembert
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Fourier's_law_of_heat_conduction
gptkb:Fourier_transform
Fourier series
contributions to mathematical physics
work on heat transfer
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Académie_des_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:publicationDate Théorie analytique de la chaleur, 1822
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Théorie_analytique_de_la_chaleur
gptkbp:servedAs gptkb:Prefect_of_Isère
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Napoleon's_Egyptian_expedition
gptkbp:signature Joseph Fourier signature.svg
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:École_Polytechnique
gptkb:University_of_Grenoble
gptkb:Institut_d'Égypte
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:École_Polytechnique
gptkb:Académie_des_sciences
gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:George_Boole
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4