Dirichlet
[ dir-i-kley; German dee-ree-kley ]
/ ˌdɪr ɪˈkleɪ; German ˌdi riˈkleɪ /
noun
Pe·ter Gus·tav Le·jeune
[pey-tuh r goo s-tahf luh-zhœn] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈgʊs tɑf ləˈʒœn/,1805–59,
German mathematician.
Example sentences from the Web for dirichlet
The proof is the same as that of Dirichlet for the case of statical stability.
British Dictionary definitions for dirichlet
Dirichlet
/ (German diriˈkleː) /
noun
Peter Gustav Lejeune (ˈpeːtər ˈɡʊstaf ləˈʒœn). 1805–59, German mathematician, noted for his work on number theory and calculus