Pafnuty Chebyshev

Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (‹The template Lang-rus is being considered for deletion.› Russian: Пафну́тий Льво́вич Чебышёв, IPA: [pɐfˈnutʲɪj ˈlʲvovʲɪtɕ tɕɪbɨˈʂof]) (16 May [<a href="/facts/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates/kb3020Wy">O.S.</a> 4 May] 1821 – 8 December [<a href="/facts/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates/kb3020Wy">O.S.</a> 26 November] 1894) was a <a href="/facts/List_of_Russian_mathematicians/FIzXqhLY">Russian mathematician</a> and considered to be the founding father of Russian mathematics.
Chebyshev is known for his fundamental contributions to the fields of <a href="/facts/Probability/fgYvMhwb">probability</a>, <a href="/facts/Statistics/DNPsKGYU">statistics</a>, <a href="/facts/Mechanics/A3yHLQA5">mechanics</a>, and <a href="/facts/Number_theory/zhoa7zrc">number theory</a>. A number of important mathematical concepts are named after him, including the <a href="/facts/Chebyshev_inequality/jf5ReDJv">Chebyshev inequality</a> (which can be used to prove the <a href="/facts/Weak_law_of_large_numbers/X3Bjcy3v">weak law of large numbers</a>), the <a href="/facts/Bertrand%2527s_postulate/8z3837xk">Bertrand–Chebyshev theorem</a>, <a href="/facts/Chebyshev_polynomial/HoBINqgC">Chebyshev polynomials</a>, <a href="/facts/Chebyshev_linkage/sFUh12fM">Chebyshev linkage</a>, and <a href="/facts/Chebyshev_bias/sW8aw7zB">Chebyshev bias</a>.

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Pafnuty Chebyshev