Joseph Fourier

Joseph Fourier
Born	Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-03-21)21 March 1768 Auxerre, Kingdom of France
Died	16 May 1830(1830-05-16) (aged 62) Paris, France
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure
Known for	See list Fourier number Fourier series Fourier transform Fourier's law of conduction Fourier–Motzkin elimination Greenhouse effect
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician, physicist, historian
Institutions	École Normale Supérieure École Polytechnique
Academic advisors	Jean-Baptiste Biot Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Notable students	Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet Claude-Louis Navier Giovanni Plana

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier (/ˈfʊrieɪ, -iər/;^[1] French: [fuʁje]; 21 March 1768 – 16 May 1830) was a French mathematician and physicist born in Auxerre and best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series, which eventually developed into Fourier analysis and harmonic analysis, and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations. The Fourier transform and Fourier's law of conduction are also named in his honour. Fourier is also generally credited with the discovery of the greenhouse effect.^[2]