Yakov Lazarevich Geronimus, sometimes spelled J. Geronimus (russian: Я́ков Лазаре́вич Геро́нимус; February 6, 1898,
Rostov
Rostov ( rus, Росто́в, p=rɐˈstof) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, one of the oldest in the country and a tourist center of the Golden Ring. It is located on the shores of Lake Nero, northeast of Moscow. Population:
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– July 17, 1984,
Kharkov
Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine. ) was a Russian mathematician known for contributions to
theoretical mechanics
Mechanics (from Ancient Greek: μηχανική, ''mēkhanikḗ'', "of machines") is the area of mathematics and physics concerned with the relationships between force, matter, and motion among physical objects. Forces applied to objects res ...
and the study of
orthogonal polynomials
In mathematics, an orthogonal polynomial sequence is a family of polynomials such that any two different polynomials in the sequence are orthogonality, orthogonal to each other under some inner product.
The most widely used orthogonal polynomial ...
. The
Geronimus polynomials are named after him.
References
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Geronimus, Yakov Lazarevich (1898–1984)*
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National University of Kharkiv alumni
Russian mathematicians
Mathematical analysts