Nikolai Grigor'evich Chudakov (Russian : Никола́й Григо́рьевич Чудако́в ; 1904–1986) was a Russian and Soviet mathematician. He was born in Lysovsk, Novo-Burassk, Saratov , Russian Empire . His father worked as a medical assistant.
Biography
He first studied at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at Saratov State University , but then he transferred to Moscow University . He then graduated in 1927. In 1930, he was named head of higher mathematics at Saratov University. In 1936, he successfully defended his thesis and became a Doctor of Science . Among others, he considerably improved a result from Guido Hoheisel and Hans Heilbronn on an upper bound for prime gaps .[ 1] He worked in Moscow until 1940, but then he reconnected with Saratov.[ 2]
References
^ N. G. Tchudakoff (1936). "On the difference between two neighboring prime numbers". Mat. Sb . 1 : 799–814.
^ "Obituary of Nikolai Chudakov" . London Mathematical Society. Retrieved 2008-06-24 .
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