Mathematician:Sergei Natanovich Bernstein

Mathematician
Russian mathematician known for contributions to partial differential equations, differential geometry, probability theory, and approximation theory

Nationality
Russian

History

 * Born: 5 March 1880 in Odessa, Ukraine
 * Died: 26 October 1968 in Moscow, USSR

Theorems and Definitions

 * Bernstein Algebra
 * Bernstein's Inequality (Mathematical Analysis)
 * Bernstein Inequalities (Probability Theory)
 * Bernstein Polynomial
 * Bernstein's Problem
 * Bernstein's Theorem (Approximation Theory)
 * Bernstein's Theorem (Monotone Functions)
 * Bernstein's Theorem on Unique Global Solution to y''=F(x,y,y')
 * Bernstein's Lethargy Theorem
 * Bernstein-von Mises Theorem (with )

Publications



 * 1946: The Theory of Probabilities

Also known as
In Russian: Серге́й Ната́нович Бернште́йн

Sergei Bernstein's name is often transliterated as Bernshtein and, just occasionally, as Bernshteyn.

His first name is sometimes rendered Serge.