Aleksandr Korkin

Aleksandr Korkin
Born(1837-03-03)3 March 1837
Died1 September 1908(1908-09-01) (aged 71)
NationalityRussian
Alma materSt Petersburg University
Known forPartial Differential Equations
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsSt Petersburg University
Doctoral advisorPafnuty Chebyshev
Doctoral studentsYegor Zolotarev

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Korkin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Коркин; 3 March [O.S. 19 February] 1837 – 1 September [O.S. 19 August] 1908) was a Russian mathematician. He made contribution to the development of partial differential equations, and was second only to Chebyshev among the founders of the Saint Petersburg Mathematical School.[1] Among others, his students included Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev.

  1. ^ Steffens, Karl-Georg (2007), The History of Approximation Theory: From Euler to Bernstein, Springer, p. 79, ISBN 9780817644758, After Chebyshev, Alexsandr Nikolaevich Korkin (1837–1908) was the most important initiator of the formation of the Saint Petersburg Mathematical School.