Person
- Born
- 1821-05-04
- Died
- 1894-11-26
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1821-05-16 ) 16 May 1821 , Akatovo , Kaluga Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- 8 December 1894 (1894-12-08) (aged 73) , St. Petersburg , Russian Empire
- 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)
- Fields
- Mathematician
- Institutions
- St. Petersburg University
- Academic advisors
- Nikolai Brashman
Article
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.
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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1821 births1894 deaths19th-century mathematicians from the Russian Empire19th-century statisticiansBallistics expertsDemidov Prize laureatesForeign members of the Royal SocietyFull members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of SciencesInventors from the Russian EmpireMembers of the French Academy of SciencesMoscow State University alumniNumber theorists