August Davidov Scientist

August Yulevich Davidov (Russian: Август Юльевич Давидов) (1823–1885) was a Russian mathematician and engineer, professor at Moscow University, and author of works on differential equations with partial derivatives, definite integrals, and the application of probability theory to statistics, and textbooks on elementary mathematics which were repeatedly reprinted from the 1860s to the 1920s. He was president of the Moscow Mathematical Society from 1866 to 1885.

Personal facts

August Davidov
Birth dateDecember 15, 1823
Birth place
Courland , Liepāja , Russian Empire
Date of deathDecember 22, 1885
Place of death
Moscow
Residence
Moscow
Education
Moscow State University
Known for
Moscow Mathematical Society

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Scientist

academic advisor
awards
Demidov Prize
notable student
Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky
Vasili Tsinger

August Davidov on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enc_biography/17403/Давидов
  2. http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?option_lang=rus&personid=39921