Ivan Meshcherskiy Иван Мещерский | |
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![]() Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshchersky | |
Born | 10 August [O.S. 29 July] 1859 |
Died | 7 January 1935 | (aged 75)
Nationality | Russian, Soviet |
Alma mater | Saint Petersburg Imperial University |
Scientific career | |
Doctoral advisor | Pafnuty Chebyshev |
Doctoral students | Aleksey Krylov, Gury Kolosov, Alexander Friedmann |
Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshchersky (Russian: Ива́н Все́володович Меще́рский, 1859–1935) was a Russian Empire and Soviet mathematician who gained fame for his work on mechanics, notably the motion of bodies of variable mass.
Biography
Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy was born in Arkhangelsk. After graduation from Arkhangelsk Gymnasium, Meshcherskiy studied mathematics at the Saint Petersburg Imperial University from 1878 to 1882.
References
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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