Pafnuty Chebyshev

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) was a Russian mathematician and considered to be the founding father of Russian mathematics.

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Pafnuty Chebyshev
Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev
Born(1821-05-16)16 May 1821
Akatovo, Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire
Died8 December 1894(1894-12-08) (aged 73)
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
NationalityRussian
Other namesChebysheff, Chebyshov, Tschebyscheff, Tschebycheff, Tchebycheff
Alma materMoscow University
Known forWork on probability, statistics, mechanics, analytical geometry and number theory
AwardsDemidov Prize (1849)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsSt. Petersburg University
Academic advisorsNikolai Brashman
Notable studentsDmitry 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.

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