Nikolai Brashman
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| Nikolai Brashman | |
 Nikolai Dmitrievich Brashman
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| Born | June 14, 1796 Rassnova (near Brno), Czech Republic |
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| Died | May 13, 1866 (aged 69) Moscow, Russia |
| Residence |  Russia |
| Nationality |  Czech |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | Kazan University St Petersburg University |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna Vienna Polytechnic Institute Moscow State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Joseph von Littrow |
| Doctoral students | Pafnuty Chebyshev Osip Somov |
| Known for | Mechanics and analytical geometry |
| Notable awards | Demidov Prize (1836) |
Nikolai Dmitrievich Brashman (June 14, 1796 – May 13, 1866) was a Russian mathematician of Czech origin. He was a student of Joseph Johann Littrow, and the advisor of Pafnuty Chebyshev.
He was born in Rassnova (near Brno, today in Czech Republic) and studied at the University of Vienna and Vienna Polytechnic Institute. In 1824 he moved to St Petersburg and then accepted a position at the Kazan University. In 1834 he became a professor of applied mathematics at the Moscow University. There he is best remembered as a founder of the Moscow Mathematical Society and its journal.
For his mechanics textbook, in 1836 Brashman was awarded the Demidov Prize by the Russian Academy of Sciences. The academy elected him a corresponding member in 1855. He died in Moscow in 1866.
[edit] External links
- O'Connor, John J. & Robertson, Edmund F., "Nikolai Brashman", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- Nikolai Brashman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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| NAME | Brashman, Nikolai |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Czech Mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1796 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rassnova (near Brno), Czech Republic |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1866 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Moscow, Russia |
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