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'''Semyon Aronovich Gershgorin''' (August 24, 1901 – May 30, 1933) was a [[USSR|Soviet]] (born in [[Pruzhany]], [[Belarus]], [[Russian Empire]]) [[mathematician]]. He began as a student at the Petrograd Technological Institute in 1923, became a Professor in 1930, and was given an appointment at the Leningrad Mechanical Engineering Institute in the same year. His contributions include the [[Gershgorin circle theorem]]. |
'''Semyon Aronovich Gershgorin''' (August 24, 1901 – May 30, 1933) was a [[USSR|Soviet]] (born in [[Pruzhany]], [[Belarus]], [[Russian Empire]]) [[mathematician]]. He began as a student at the Petrograd Technological Institute in 1923, became a Professor in 1930, and was given an appointment at the Leningrad Mechanical Engineering Institute in the same year. His contributions include the [[Gershgorin circle theorem]]. |
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The spelling of S. A. Gershgorin's name (Семён Аронович Гершгорин) has been transliterated in several different ways, including Geršgorin, Gerschgorin, Gerszgorin, Gershgorin, Gershgeroff, Qureshin and from the [[Yiddish]] spelling הירשהאָרן to Hirshhorn and Hirschhorn. |
The spelling of S. A. Gershgorin's name (Семён Аронович Гершгорин) has been transliterated in several different ways, including Geršgorin, Gerschgorin, Gerszgorin, Gershgorin, Gershgeroff, Qureshin and from the [[Yiddish]] spelling {{lang|yi|הירשהאָרן}} to Hirshhorn and Hirschhorn. |
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The authors of his obituary |
The authors of his obituary<ref>Obituary: Semyon Aronovich Gershgorin (Russian), Applied Mathematics and Mechanics 1 (1) (1933), 4.</ref> write about Gershgorin's death at the very young age of 31: "A vigorous, stressful job weakened Semyon Aranovich's health; he succumbed to an accidental illness." |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 16:57, 4 February 2022
Semyon Aronovich Gershgorin (August 24, 1901 – May 30, 1933) was a Soviet (born in Pruzhany, Belarus, Russian Empire) mathematician. He began as a student at the Petrograd Technological Institute in 1923, became a Professor in 1930, and was given an appointment at the Leningrad Mechanical Engineering Institute in the same year. His contributions include the Gershgorin circle theorem.
The spelling of S. A. Gershgorin's name (Семён Аронович Гершгорин) has been transliterated in several different ways, including Geršgorin, Gerschgorin, Gerszgorin, Gershgorin, Gershgeroff, Qureshin and from the Yiddish spelling הירשהאָרן to Hirshhorn and Hirschhorn.
The authors of his obituary[1] write about Gershgorin's death at the very young age of 31: "A vigorous, stressful job weakened Semyon Aranovich's health; he succumbed to an accidental illness."
References
- ^ Obituary: Semyon Aronovich Gershgorin (Russian), Applied Mathematics and Mechanics 1 (1) (1933), 4.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Semyon Aranovich Gershgorin", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews.