Pafnuty Chebyshev


Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev was a Russian mathematician. His name can be alternatively transliterated as Chebychev, Chebysheff, Chebyshov or Tchebychev, Tchebycheff or Tschebyschev, Tschebyschef, Tschebyscheff .

One of nine children, Chebyshev was born in the central Russian village of Akatovo near Borovsk, to Agrafena Ivanova Pozniakova and Lev Pavlovich Chebyshev. His father had fought as an officer against Napoleon Bonapartes invading army.

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