* 11 March 1822, † 3 April 1900
Joseph Louis François Bertrand was born on 11 March 1822 in Paris, France. Bertrand was a Paris professor who, in 1845, conjectured:I’ve told you once and I’ll tell you again There’s always a prime between n and 2n.This was proved by Chebyshev in 1850. Joseph Louis François Bertrand died on 3 April 1900 in Paris, France.
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