Nikolai Dmitrievich Braschman
Nikolai Brashman ( Russian Николай Дмитриевич Брашман * 14. June 1796 in New Raußnitz , † May 13. . Jul / 25. May 1866 greg. In Moscow ) was an Austrian-Russian mathematician. He was a student of Joseph von Littrow . From 1824 he worked in Russia until the end of his life : in Saint Petersburg , Kazan and from 1834 he worked in Moscow at the Imperial University of Moscow (today Lomonosov University in Moscow ). Since 1855 he was a corresponding member of the Imperial St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (today Russian Academy of Sciences ), since 1859 he was an honorary doctor of Moscow University. His most important scientific work relates to fluid mechanics and the principle of the smallest effect (Hamilton principle).
Braschman is the author of one of the best analytical geometry courses of its time. In the Great Soviet Encyclopedia Brashman is called "an excellent teacher". Among his students are the academics Osip Somow and Pafnuti Chebyshev .
Braschman received the Demidow Prize of the St. Petersburg Academy in 1836 . He was the founding president of the Moscow Mathematical Society .
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Nikolai Dmetrievich Brashman. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive . .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Nikolai Dmitrijewitsch Braschman . In: Great Soviet Encyclopedia . Great Soviet Encyclopedia, Moscow 1971 (Russian).
- ↑ Nikolai Dmitrijewitsch Braschman . Great Russian Encyclopedia, Moscow 1997, ISBN 5-85270-277-3 (Russian).
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SURNAME | Braschman, Nikolai Dmitrievich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Брашман, Николай Дмитриевич (Russian spelling); Braschmann, Nicolaus (originally) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-Russian mathematician |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1796 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New Raußnitz |
DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1866 |
Place of death | Moscow |