Nikolai Lobachevsky | |
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Николай Лобачевский | |
 Portrait by Lev Kryukov, c. 1839 | |
| Born | 1 December 1792[a][b] Makaryev,[c] Makaryevsky Uyezd, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate,[d][7][e] Russian Empire (now Makaryevo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia) |
| Died | 24 February 1856 (aged 63) |
| Education | Kazan University (MSc, 1811) |
| Known for | Lobachevskian geometry |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geometry |
| Academic advisors | J. C. M. Bartels[1][2] |
| Notable students | Nikolai Brashman[1] |
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Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (Russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Лобаче́вский, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ləbɐˈtɕefskʲɪj] ; 1 December [O.S. 20 November] 1792 – 24 February [O.S. 12 February] 1856) was a Russian mathematician and geometer, known primarily for his work on hyperbolic geometry, otherwise known as Lobachevskian geometry, and also for his fundamental study on Dirichlet integrals, known as the Lobachevsky integral formula.
William Kingdon Clifford called Lobachevsky the "Copernicus of Geometry" due to the revolutionary character of his work.[f][g]
- ^ a b Nikolai Lobachevsky at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Athanase Papadopoulos (ed.), Nikolai I. Lobachevsky. Pangeometry, European Mathematical Society. 2010, p. 208.
- ^ V. F. Kagan, N. Lobachevsky and His Contribution to Science, 1957 (first published in Russian in 1943), p. 26
- ^ A. A. Andronov, "Где и когда родился Н.И.Лобачевский" ("Where and when was Lobachevsky born?"), 1956
- ^ A. F. Popov, "Воспоминания о службе и трудах проф. Казанского университета Н. И. Лобачевского" ("Memoirs of the Service and Work of N. I. Lobachevsky"), 1857
- ^ Athanase Papadopoulos (ed.), Nikolai I. Lobachevsky. Pangeometry, European Mathematical Society. 2010, pp. 206–7.
- ^ "К 150-летию со дня смерти Н.И.Лобачевского" ("On the 150th anniversary of the death of N. Lobachevsky") by G. M. Polotovsky, PDF page 3: "Н.И.Лобачевский родился в Макарьевском уезде Нижегородской губернии в 1793 году" (quoting A. F. Popov (1857)); page 4: "[В.Ф.Каган (1943)] местом рождения называет Макарьев".
- ^ Lobachevsky's biography at the website of the Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod State University Museum
- ^ Andrey Kalinin's article "Чье имя носит университет" ("After whose name the University has been named")
- ^ Bell, E. T. (1986). Men of Mathematics. Touchstone Books. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-671-62818-5.
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