Russian mathematician
D.D.Morduhai-Boltovskoi (1876–1952)
Dmitry Dmitrievich Morduhai-Boltovskoi (Russian : Дми́трий Дми́триевич Мордуха́й-Болтовско́й ; Pavlovsk , August 8, 1876 – Rostov-on-Don , February 7, 1952) was a Russian mathematician , best known for his work in analysis , differential Galois theory , number theory , hyperbolic geometry , and history of mathematics . His annotated translation of Euclid 's Elements in Russian is also well-regarded.[ 1]
Biography
Morduhai-Boltovskoi, a descendant of a Russian noble family , was born in 1876 in Pavlovsk , near Saint Petersburg . His father was a railroad engineer and high-ranking official in the Imperial Russian transportation ministry , and his grandfather was a general . In 1894 he entered St. Petersburg University where he attended courses by Andrey Markov , Aleksandr Korkin , Julian Sochocki and Dmitry Grave . He finished his dissertation under Konstantin Posse in 1898 and started in Warsaw Politechnic Institute . He continued to work in Warsaw alongside Georgy Voronoy , and became a professor at Warsaw University in 1914. In 1915, after Germany captured Warsaw in World War I , parts of Warsaw University were evacuated, and Morduhai-Boltovskoi with colleagues started working at Rostov University . He continued living in Rostov and working there until 1945, and from 1947 to 1950. In 1943–1945 and 1950–1952 he worked in Pyatigorsk , and in 1945–1947 — in Ivanovo .[ 2]
Morduhai-Boltovskoi was the founder of mathematics research in Rostov. His students included Boris Levin and Nikolai Efimov . His son, Filaret Dmitrievich, was one of the leading Russian experts in hydrobiology .
Literary references
Dmitry Dmitrievich Morduhai-Boltovskoi was a model for a character of Professor Dmitri Dmitrievich Goryainov-Shakhovskoy in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 's novel The First Circle . Solzhenitsyn was his student at Rostov University.
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References
Černyaev, M.P.; Nestorovič, N.M.; Lyapin, N.M. (1953). "Dmitriĭ Dmitrievič Morduhaĭ-Boltovskoĭ (1876–1952)" . Uspekhi Mat. Nauk . New Series (in Russian). 8 (4): 131– 139.
V.L. Minkovskiĭ, K.K. Mokriščev, M.B. Nalbandjan and M.G. Haplanov, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievič Morduhaĭ-Boltovskiĭ (on the centenary of his birth) Archived 2011-01-07 at the Wayback Machine , (in Russian), Voprosy Istor. Estestvoznan. i Tehn. (1977), no. 3–4, 102–103.
Yu.S. Nalbandjan, On the work of Morduhai-Boltovskoi in Warsaw (1898-1916) Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine (originally published in Polish and translated into Russian)
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