Aleksandr Korkin

Aleksandr Korkin
Born	(1837-03-03)3 March 1837 Zhidovinovo, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	1 September 1908(1908-09-01) (aged 71) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	St Petersburg University
Known for	Partial Differential Equations
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	St Petersburg University
Doctoral advisor	Pafnuty Chebyshev
Doctoral students	Yegor Zolotarev

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Korkin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Коркин; 3 March [O.S. 19 February] 1837 – 1 September [O.S. 19 August] 1908) was a Russian mathematician. He made contribution to the development of partial differential equations, and was second only to Chebyshev among the founders of the Saint Petersburg Mathematical School. Among others, his students included Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev.

Some publications

• Korkine A., Zolotareff G. (1872). "Sur les formes quadratiques positives quaternaires". Math. Ann. 5 (4): 581–583. doi:10.1007/BF01442912. S2CID 119606974.
• Korkine A., Zolotareff G. (1873). "Sur les formes quadratiques". Math. Ann. 6 (3): 366–389. doi:10.1007/BF01442795. S2CID 120492026.
• Korkine A., Zolotareff G. (1877). "Sur les formes quadratiques positives". Math. Ann. 11 (2): 242–292. doi:10.1007/BF01442667. S2CID 121803621.

External links

• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Aleksandr Korkin", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
• Aleksandr Korkin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
• Korkin's Biography Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, the St. Petersburg University Pages (in Russian, but with an image)