Sergei Natanovich Bernstein

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name = Sergei Natanovich Bernstein


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caption = Sergei Natanovich Bernstein
birth_date = birth date|1880|3|5|df=y
birth_place = Odessa, Imperial Russia
death_date = death date and age|1968|10|26|1880|3|5|df=y
death_place = Moscow, USSR
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field = Mathematics
work_institution = University of Paris
alma_mater = University of Paris
doctoral_advisor = Charles Émile Picard
David Hilbert
doctoral_students = Vasilii Goncharov
known_for = Bernstein's inequality in analysis
Bernstein inequalities in probability theory
Bernstein polynomial
Bernstein's theorem
Bernstein problem in mathematical genetics

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Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (Russian: Сергей Натанович Бернштейн, sometimes Romanized as "Bernshtein") (March 5, 1880 - October 26, 1968) was a mathematician who was born in Odessa, Imperial Russia and died in Moscow, USSR.

His doctoral dissertation, submitted in 1904 to the Sorbonne, solved Hilbert's nineteenth problem on the analytic solution of elliptic differential equations.Later, S.B. published numerous works on Probability theory, Constructive function theory, mathematical foundations of genetics, et cet. From 1906 until 1933, Bernstein was the leading light of the Kharkov Mathematical Society.

See also

* Bernstein's inequality (mathematical analysis)
* Bernstein inequalities in probability theory
* Bernstein polynomial
* Bernstein's theorem
* Bernstein algebras, Bernstein problem in mathematical genetics
* Dmitrii Sintsov

External links

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* [http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Bernstein_Sergi.html MacTutor Bernstein biography]
* [http://www.math.technion.ac.il/hat/ber.html History of Approximation Theory (HAT) page ]
* [http://eom.springer.de/b/b120160.htm Bernstein problem in mathematical genetics (Encyclopaedia of Mathematics)]

References

* S.N.Bernstein, "Collected Works" (Russian):
** vol. 1, "The Constructive Theory of Functions (1905-1930)", translated: Atomic Energy Commission, Springfield, Va, 1958
** vol. 2, "The Constructive Theory of Functions ((1931-1953)"
** vol. 3, "Differential equations, calculus of variations and geometry (1903-1947)"
** vol. 4, "Theory of Probability. Mathematical statistics (1911-1946)"
* S.N.Bernstein, "The Theory of Probabilities" (Russian), Moscow, Leningrad, 1946
* Y.I.Lyubich, "Bernstein algebras" (Russian), Uspekhi Mat. Nauk, 1977

Persondata
NAME= Bernstein, Sergei Natanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Ukrainian Mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH= 5 March, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH= Odessa, Imperial Russia
DATE OF DEATH= 26 October, 1968
PLACE OF DEATH= Moscow, USSR