Paul Albert Gordan

1837 - 1912

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Gordan worked with Clebsch on invariant theory and algebraic geometry. He also gave simplified proofs of the transcendence of e and π.
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Honours awarded to Paul Gordan
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LMS Honorary Member1878


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