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Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin

Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin rather than just read about it. In short: Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin (Russian: Никола́й Я́ковлевич Со́нин, February 22, 1849 – February 27, 1915) was a Russian mathematician. Biography He was born in Tula and attended Lomonosov University, studying mathematics and physics there from 1865 to 1869.

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Reference excerpt

Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin (Russian: Никола́й Я́ковлевич Со́нин, February 22, 1849 – February 27, 1915) was a Russian mathematician.

Biography He was born in Tula and attended Lomonosov University, studying mathematics and physics there from 1865 to 1869. His advisor was Nikolai Bugaev. He obtained a master's degree with a thesis submitted in 1871, then he taught at the University of Warsaw where he obtained a doctorate in 1874. He was appointed to a chair in the University of Warsaw in 1876. In 1894, Sonin moved to St. Petersburg, where he taught at the University for Women. Sonin worked on special functions, in particular cylindrical functions. For instance, the Sonine formula is a formula given by Sonin for the integral of the product of three Bessel functions. He is furthermore credited with the introduction of the associated Laguerre polynomials. He also contributed to the Euler–Maclaurin summation formula. Other topics Sonin studied include Bernoulli polynomials and approximate computation of definite integrals, continuing Chebyshev's work on numerical integration. Together with Andrey Markov, Sonin prepared a two volume edition of Chebyshev's works in French and Russian. He died in St. Petersburg.

References

External links Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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In the classroom: Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1849 births, 1915 deaths, Academic staff of the University of Warsaw, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin (Russian: Никола́й Я́ковлевич Со́нин, February 22, 1849 – February 27, 1915) was a Russian mathematician. Biography He was born in Tula and attended Lomonosov University, studying mathematics and physics there from 1865 to 1869.

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