Abram Besicovitch
Russian mathematician (1891–1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (or Besikovitch)[1] (Russian: Абра́м Само́йлович Безико́вич; 23 January 1891 – 2 November 1970) was a Russian mathematician, who worked mainly in England. He was born in Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov (now in Ukraine) to a Karaite Jewish family.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
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Abram Besicovitch | |
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Born | Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (1891-01-24)24 January 1891 |
Died | 2 November 1970(1970-11-02) (aged 79) Cambridge, UK |
Nationality | Russian Empire and British |
Alma mater | St Petersburg University |
Known for | Hausdorff–Besicovitch dimension Kovner–Besicovitch measure Besicovitch covering theorem Besicovitch inequality Besicovitch functions Besicovitch set |
Awards | Adams Prize (1930) De Morgan Medal (1950) Sylvester Medal (1952) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Liverpool University of Cambridge |
Doctoral advisor | Andrey Markov[2] |
Doctoral students | Joseph Gillis Patrick Moran Gholamhossein Mosaheb[2] |
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