Mathematician:Sergey Nikitovich Mergelyan

Mathematician

Armenian mathematician mainly working in Approximation Theory.

Nationality

Armenian (Soviet born)

History

• Born: 19 May 1928 in Simferopol, Crimea, Soviet Union
• Died: 20 August 2008 in Los Angeles, United States

Theorems and Definitions

• Mergelyan-Wesler Theorem (with Oscar Wesler)
• Mergelyan's Theorem

Results named for Sergey Nikitovich Mergelyan can be found here.

Publications

• 1951: Некоторые вопросы конструктивной теории функций
• 1952: Равномерные приближения функций комплексного переменного
• 1953: О полноте систем аналитических функций
• 1962: Uniform approximations to functions of a complex variable (Amer. Math. Soc. Transl. Vol. 3: pp. 294 – 391)

Also known as

In Armenian: Սերգեյ Մերգելյան

Born Sergey Nikitovich Mergelof but adopted an Armenian form of his name early in his career.