Pafnuty Chebyshev
Pafnuty Chebyshev
Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev
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a Russian mathematician and considered to be the founding father of Russian mathematics.
Born
16 May 1821 Akatovo, Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
8 December 1894 (aged 73) St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Nationality
Russian
Known for
Work on probability, statistics, mechanics, analytical geometry and number theory
Fields
Mathematician
Alma mater
Moscow University
Awards
Demidov Prize (1849)
Institutions
St. Petersburg University
Academic advisors
Nikolai Brashman
adultbasic
Russia
era
1800+
Notable students
Dmitry Grave Aleksandr Korkin Aleksandr Lyapunov Andrey Markov Vladimir Andreevich Markov Konstantin Posse
Other names
Chebysheff, Chebyshov, Tschebyscheff, Tschebycheff, Tchebycheff