August Davidov
August Yulevich Davidov (Russian: Август Юльевич Давидов) (December 15, 1823 – December 22, 1885) was a Russian mathematician and engineer, professor at Moscow University, and author of works on differential equations with partial derivatives, definite integrals, and the application of probability theory to statistics, and textbooks on elementary mathematics which were repeatedly reprinted from the 1860s to the 1920s. He was president of the Moscow Mathematical Society from 1866 to 1885.
August Yulevich Davidov | |
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| Born | December 15, 1823 |
| Died | December 22, 1885 (aged 62) |
| Resting place | Vvedenskoye Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University (1845) |
| Known for | President of the IMO and textbook author |
| Awards | Demidov Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Imperial Moscow University |
| Academic advisors | Nikolai Brashman |
| Notable students | Nikolai Zhukovsky Nikolai Bugaev |
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