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Dirichlet

[ dir-i-kley; German dee-ree-kley ]
/ ˌdɪr ɪˈkleɪ; German ˌdi riˈkleɪ /
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noun
Pe·ter Gus·tav Le·jeune [pey-tuhr-goos-tahf luh-zhœn], /ˈpeɪ tər ˈgʊs tɑf ləˈʒœn/, 1805–59, German mathematician.
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Dirichlet
/ (German diriˈkleː) /
noun
Peter Gustav Lejeune (ˈpeːtər ˈɡʊstaf ləˈʒœn). 1805–59, German mathematician, noted for his work on number theory and calculus
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