Pafnuty lvovich chebyshev biography of william

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.

Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (16 May [O.S.

It is one of the most well known data-retrieval nightmares in mathematical literature. Currently, the English transliteration Chebyshev has gained widespread acceptance, except by the French, who prefer Tchebychev. One of nine children, [ 5 ] Chebyshev was born in the village of Okatovo in the district of Borovsk , province of Kaluga. His father, Lev Pavlovich, was a Russian nobleman and wealthy landowner.

Pafnuty Lvovich was first educated at home by his mother Agrafena Ivanovna Pozniakova in reading and writing and by his cousin Avdotya Kvintillianovna Sukhareva in French and arithmetic. Chebyshev mentioned that his music teacher also played an important role in his education, for she "raised his mind to exactness and analysis".

Trendelenburg's gait affected Chebyshev's adolescence and development.

Pafnutii Lvovich CHEBYSHEV (or TCHÉBICHEF) b.

From childhood, he limped and walked with a stick and so his parents abandoned the idea of his becoming an officer in the family tradition. His disability prevented his playing many children's games and he devoted himself instead to mathematics. In , the family moved to Moscow , mainly to attend to the education of their eldest sons Pafnuty and Pavel, who would become lawyers.

Education continued at home and his parents engaged teachers of excellent reputation, including for mathematics and physics the senior Moscow University teacher Platon Pogorelsky [ ru ] , who had taught, among others, the future writer Ivan Turgenev. In summer , Chebyshev passed the registration examinations and, in September of that year, began his mathematical studies at the second philosophical department of Moscow University.

Brashman , N. Zernov and D. Perevoshchikov of whom it seems clear that Brashman had the greatest influence on Chebyshev.