James Victor Uspensky (Russian: Яков Викторович Успенский, romanized: Yakov Viktorovich Uspensky; April 29, 1883 – January 27, 1947) was a Russian and American mathematician notable for writing Theory of Equations.[2][3]
J. V. Uspensky | |
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Born | Yakov Viktorovich Uspensky (Russian: Яков Викторович Успенский) April 29, 1883 |
Died | January 27, 1947 San Francisco, United States | (aged 63)
Alma mater | University of St. Petersburg |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics, Number theory, Probability theory |
Institutions | Stanford University, University of Minnesota |
Doctoral advisor | Andrey Markov[1] |
Notable students |
Uspensky graduated from the University of St. Petersburg in 1906 and received his doctorate from the University of St. Petersburg in 1910. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 1921.[4]
Uspensky joined the faculty of Stanford University in 1929-30 and 1930-31 as acting professor of mathematics. He was professor of mathematics at Stanford from 1931 until his death.[4] Uspensky was the one who kept alive Vincent's theorem of 1834 and 1836, carrying the torch (so to speak) from Serret.[5]