Nikolai Brashman

Nikolai Brashman
Nikolai Dmitrievich Brashman Born June 14, 1796(1796-06-14)
Rassnova (near Brno), Czech RepublicDied May 13, 1866(aged 69)
Moscow, Russia
Residence RussiaNationality CzechFields MathematicianInstitutions Kazan University
St Petersburg University Alma mater University of Vienna
Vienna Polytechnic Institute
Moscow State University Doctoraladvisor Joseph von LittrowDoctoral students Pafnuty Chebyshev
Osip Somov Known for Mechanicsand analytical geometryNotable 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), 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.

External links

O'Connor, John J. & Robertson, Edmund F., “Nikolai Brashman”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Nikolai Brashman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

PersondataNAME Brashman, Nikolai ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Czech MathematicianDATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1796PLACE OF BIRTH Rassnova (near Brno), Czech RepublicDATE OF DEATH May 13, 1866PLACE OF DEATH Moscow, Russia

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