Sergei Natanovich Bernstein Scientist

Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (Russian: Серге́й Ната́нович Бернште́йн, sometimes Romanized as Bernshtein; March 5, 1880 – October 26, 1968) was a Russian and Soviet mathematician of Jewish origin known for contributions to partial differential equations, differential geometry, probability theory, and approximation theory.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 05, 1880
Birth place
Odessa , Russian Empire
Nationality
Soviet Union
Date of deathOctober 26, 1968
Place of death
Moscow , Soviet Union
Residence
Soviet Union , Russian Empire
Education
University of Paris
Known for
Genetic algebra
Bernstein polynomial
Bernstein's theorem on monotone functions
Bernstein inequalities (probability theory)
Bernstein's theorem (approximation theory)
Bernstein's inequality (mathematical analysis)

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Scientist

doctoral advisor
Émile Picard
doctoral student
Yakov Geronimus
Boris Rymarenko
Vasilii Goncharov
Vladimir Brzhechka
Field of study
Mathematics

Sergei Natanovich Bernstein on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.math.technion.ac.il/hat/people/bernstein.html