Dmitrii Matveevich Sintsov (21 November 1867, in Vyatka – 28 January 1946) was a

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

known for his work in the theory of

conic section In mathematics, a conic section, quadratic curve or conic is a curve obtained as the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane. The three types of conic section are the hyperbola, the parabola, and the ellipse; the circle is a specia ...

s and non-holonomic geometry. He took a leading role in the development of mathematics at the

University of Kharkiv The Kharkiv University or Karazin University ( uk, Каразінський університет), or officially V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University ( uk, Харківський національний університет імені ...

, serving as chairman of the

Kharkov Mathematical Society The Kharkov Mathematical Society ( uk, Харківське математичне товариство, translit=Kharkivske matematychne tovarystvo, russian: Харьковское математическое общество) is an association ...

for forty years, from 1906 until his death at the age of 78.

Bibliography

* * * * *

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sintsov, Dmitrii 1867 births 1946 deaths People from Kirov, Kirov Oblast People from Vyatsky Uyezd Mathematicians from the Russian Empire Soviet mathematicians Academic staff of the National University of Kharkiv First convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

See also

Bibliography

External links