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fourier

/ˈfʊər.i.eɪ/

Traduction: Nom propre se rapportant soit à Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathématicien français connu pour l'analyse de Fourier et la conduction de la chaleur, soit à Charles Fourier, sociologue et réformateur français qui imaginait une société harmonieuse.

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C2formalcommon/ˈfʊər.i.eɪ/

indénombrable · nom propre

A proper noun referring either to Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, the French mathematician known for Fourier analysis and heat conduction, or to Charles Fourier, the French sociologist and reformer who envisioned a harmonious society.

  • 🇫🇷Nom propre se rapportant soit à Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathématicien français connu pour l'analyse de Fourier et la conduction de la chaleur, soit à Charles Fourier, sociologue et réformateur français qui imaginait une société harmonieuse.
  1. French mathematician C2 formal scientific

    Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830), a French mathematician and physicist known for his work on heat conduction and the development of Fourier series and transforms.

    • Fourier's work on heat conduction laid the foundation for modern mathematical physics.
    • The Fourier transform is a fundamental tool in signal processing.
    • Fourier series are used to represent periodic functions.

    🇫🇷mathématicien français Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier

  2. French sociologist C2 formal political

    Charles Fourier (1772-1837), a French philosopher and social theorist who proposed a utopian socialist system based on cooperative communities called phalanxes.

    • Fourier's ideas about communal living influenced later socialist movements.
    • He envisioned a society organized into self-sufficient phalanxes.
    • Fourier's theories on gender equality were progressive for his time.

    🇫🇷Fourier (philosophe et sociologue)