Hadamard, Jacques (1865-1963) -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography

Branch of Science

Mathematicians

Nationality

French

Hadamard, Jacques (1865-1963)

French mathematician who proved the prime number theorem $Eric Weisstein's World of Math$ independently of Vallee Poussin in 1896 (Smith 1994, p. 128). He also developed Hadamard matrices $Eric Weisstein's World of Math$ and did work on the calculus of variations. $Eric Weisstein's World of Math$

Additional biographies: MacTutor (St. Andrews)

Hadamard, J. Lecons sur le calcul des variations professees par J. Hadamard. Paris: A. Hermann et fils, 1910.

Hadamard, J. The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field. New York: Dover, 1945.

Mazya, V. and Shaposhnikova, T. Jacque Hadamard, A Universal Mathematician. Providence, RI: Amer. Math. Soc., 1998.

Smith, D. E. A Source Book in Mathematics. New York: Dover, 1994.