Naum Akhiezer
Russian mathematician (1901–1980)
Naum Ilyich Akhiezer (Ukrainian: Нау́м Іллі́ч Ахіє́зер, Russian: Нау́м Ильи́ч Ахие́зер; 6 March 1901 – 3 June 1980) was a Soviet and Ukrainian mathematician known for his works in approximation theory and the theory of differential and integral operators. He is also known as the author of classical books on various subjects in analysis, and for his work on the history of mathematics. He is the brother of the theoretical physicist Aleksandr Akhiezer.
Biography
Naum Il'ich Akhiezer was born on 6 March 1901 in the town of Cherikov, Mogilev Governorate, in the Russian Empire, into the family of a zemstvo physician. His younger brother, Alexander Ilyich Akhiezer, later became a well-known theoretical physicist and an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. In 1918, Akhiezer graduated from a classical gymnasium in Mstislavl and entered the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Petrograd State University. However, he soon returned to Cherikov, where he taught mathematics and physics. In 1922, he enrolled at the Kyiv Institute of People's Education, graduating in 1923, while simultaneously working as a mathematics teacher in Kyiv schools. In 1925, he began postgraduate studies under the supervision of Dmitry Grave. In 1928, he defended his dissertation titled “Aerodynamic Studies”, which, despite their applied nature, contained important mathematical results.
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