Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin

Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin (February 22, 1849 - February 27, 1915) was a Russian mathematician.

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February 22 - 1849 - February 27 - 1915 - Mathematician

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He was born in Tula and attended Moscow University, studying mathematics and physics there from 1865 to 1869. 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.

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Tula - Moscow University - Physics - 1865 - 1869 - 1871 - University of Warsaw - 1874 - 1876 - 1894 - St. Petersburg

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Sonin worked on special functions, in particular cylindrical functions. He also worked on the Euler-Maclaurin summation formula.

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Other topics Sonin studied include Bernoulli polynomials and approximate computation of definite integrals, continuing Chebyshev's work on numerical integration. Together with A A Markov, Sonin prepared a two volume edition of Chebyshev's works in French and Russian. He died in St. Petersburg.

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Bernoulli polynomials - Numerical integration - French - Russian

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