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Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, 1768-1830. French mathematician who studied the mathematical theory of heat conduction. He established the partial differential equation governing heat diffusion and solved it by using infinite series of trigonometric functions.

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• Fourier, Joseph

  http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Fourier.html
  Biography of the scientist from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography.

• Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

  http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Fourier.html
  Biography of the mathematician with links to relevant terms and related links. From the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive.

• Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

  http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/periodictable/html/Fe.html
  Describes Fourier's early interests in literature and the priesthood, as well as some political complications. Page also covers developments in heat transfer equations and series expansions for trigonomic functions.

• Joseph Fourier - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Fourier
  Biography of the mathematician with links to relevant terms.

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