Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (1821-1894)

  • Alternative spellings: Chebychev, Tchebichef, Tchebychef, Tchebycheff, Tchebychew, Tschebycheff, Tschebyscheff
  • Chebyshev, P. L., Théorie des mécanismes connus sous le nom de parallélogrammes, Mém. Acad. Sci. Pétersb. 7 (1854), 539-568. Also to be found in Oeuvres de P. L. Tchebychef, Volume 1, 111-143, Chelsea, New York, 1961, from where this paper was scanned. The surprisingly many and varied linkages designed by Chebyshev can all be viewed, in action, at Mechanisms (pointing your cursor at the Russian flag at the upper right corner of that page gives you the opportunity to choose to see the page in English). Each of the many mechanisms shown can be activated by a click; there are plans to provide the detailed comments associated with the animation eventually in English.
  • Butzer, P., and F. Jongmans, P. L. Chebyshev (1821-1894), a guide to his life and work, J. Approx. Theory 96 (1999), 111-138. For those with access, this article may be viewed at Science Direct.
  • Butzer, P. L., and F. Jongmans, P. L. Chebyshev (1821-1894) and his contacts with Western European scientists, Historia Math. 16 (1989), 46-68. For those with access, this article may be viewd at Science Direct.
  • Goncharov, V. L., The Theory of Best Approximation of Functions, J. Approx. Theory 106 (2000), 2-57. This article, here translated into English, was originally published in 1945 in the collection The Scientific Heritage of P. L. Chebyshev. I. Mathematics, 122-172, Nauka. See also the commentary by V. M. Tikhomirov on pages 58-65 which follows the above article. For those with access, this article may be viewed at Science Direct. The commentary by V. M. Tikhomirov may be viewed at Science Direct.
  • Tikhomirov, V. M., The papers of P. L. Chebyshev on approximation theory, (Russian) Vestnik Moskov. Univ. Ser. I Mat. Mekh. 119 (1995), 86-90, translation in Moscow Univ. Math. Bull. 50, 39-42 (1996).

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