Pafnuty Chebyshev
Russian mathematician (1821–1894) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Chebyshev" redirects here. For other uses, see Chebyshev (disambiguation).
Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (Russian: Пафну́тий Льво́вич Чебышёв, IPA: [pɐfˈnutʲɪj ˈlʲvovʲɪtɕ tɕɪbɨˈʂof]) (16 May [O.S. 4 May] 1821 – 8 December [O.S. 26 November] 1894)[2] was a Russian mathematician and considered to be the founding father of Russian mathematics.
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Pafnuty Chebyshev | |
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Born | (1821-05-16)16 May 1821[1] |
Died | 8 December 1894(1894-12-08) (aged 73)[1] |
Nationality | Russian |
Other names | Chebysheff, Chebyshov, Tschebyscheff, Tschebycheff, Tchebycheff |
Alma mater | Moscow University |
Known for | Work on probability, statistics, mechanics, analytical geometry and number theory |
Awards | Demidov Prize (1849) |
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Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions | St. Petersburg University |
Academic advisors | Nikolai Brashman |
Notable students | Dmitry Grave Aleksandr Korkin Aleksandr Lyapunov Andrey Markov Vladimir Andreevich Markov Konstantin Posse Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev |
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Chebyshev is known for his fundamental contributions to the fields of probability, statistics, mechanics, and number theory. A number of important mathematical concepts are named after him, including the Chebyshev inequality (which can be used to prove the weak law of large numbers), the Bertrand–Chebyshev theorem, Chebyshev polynomials, Chebyshev linkage, and Chebyshev bias.