Jacob David Tamarkin (Russian: Я́ков Дави́дович Тама́ркин, romanized: Yakov Davidovich Tamarkin, Ukrainian: Яків Давидович Тамаркін, romanized: Yakiv Davydovych Tamarkin; 11 July 1888 – 18 November 1945) was a Russian-American mathematician, best known for his work in mathematical analysis.
Tamarkin was born in Chernigov, Russian Empire (now Chernihiv, Ukraine), to a wealthy Jewish family. His father, David Tamarkin, was a physician and his mother, Sophie Krassilschikov, was from a family of a landowner. He shares a common ancestor with the Van Leer family, sometimes spelled Von Löhr or Valar.[1] He moved to St. Petersburg as a child and grew up there. In high school, he befriended Alexander Friedmann, a future cosmologist, with whom he wrote his first mathematics paper in 1906, and remained friends and colleagues until Friedmann's sudden death in 1925. Vladimir Smirnov was his other friend from the same gymnasium. Many years later, they coauthored a popular textbook titled "A course in higher mathematics".
In 1925 he became worried about Russia's stability and decided to immigrate to the United States. His favorite memory was the examination in analytic geometry he had to take with an American consul in Riga, when he tried to prove his identity.[2] In the U.S., he became a lecturer at Dartmouth College. In 1927, Tamarkin received a professorship at Brown University where he remained until his retirement in 1945, after suffering a heart attack. He died later that year in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C.[3]
Jacob David Tamarkin, Mathematical Reviews history page (with a photo).
January 01, 1970
jacob, tamarkin, jacob, david, tamarkin, russian, ков, Дави, дович, Тама, ркин, romanized, yakov, davidovich, tamarkin, ukrainian, Яків, Давидович, Тамаркін, romanized, yakiv, davydovych, tamarkin, july, 1888, november, 1945, russian, american, mathematician, . Jacob David Tamarkin Russian Ya kov Davi dovich Tama rkin romanized Yakov Davidovich Tamarkin Ukrainian Yakiv Davidovich Tamarkin romanized Yakiv Davydovych Tamarkin 11 July 1888 18 November 1945 was a Russian American mathematician best known for his work in mathematical analysis Jacob TamarkinBorn 1888 07 11 11 July 1888Chernigov Russian Empire now Chernihiv Ukraine Died18 November 1945 1945 11 18 aged 57 Bethesda Maryland U S NationalityRussian AmericanAlma materSaint Petersburg State UniversityScientific careerFieldsMathematicsInstitutionsBrown UniversityDoctoral advisorAndrei MarkovDoctoral studentsDorothy Bernstein Nelson Dunford George Forsythe Margaret Gurney Derrick Lehmer Rose Sedgewick Contents 1 Biography 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksBiography editTamarkin was born in Chernigov Russian Empire now Chernihiv Ukraine to a wealthy Jewish family His father David Tamarkin was a physician and his mother Sophie Krassilschikov was from a family of a landowner He shares a common ancestor with the Van Leer family sometimes spelled Von Lohr or Valar 1 He moved to St Petersburg as a child and grew up there In high school he befriended Alexander Friedmann a future cosmologist with whom he wrote his first mathematics paper in 1906 and remained friends and colleagues until Friedmann s sudden death in 1925 Vladimir Smirnov was his other friend from the same gymnasium Many years later they coauthored a popular textbook titled A course in higher mathematics Tamarkin studied in St Petersburg University where he defended his dissertation in 1917 His advisor was Andrei Markov After the graduation Tamarkin worked at the Communication Institute and Electrotechnical Institute In 1919 he temporarily became a professor and a dean at Perm State University but a year later returned to St Petersburg where he received a professorship at St Petersburg Polytechnical University In 1925 he became worried about Russia s stability and decided to immigrate to the United States His favorite memory was the examination in analytic geometry he had to take with an American consul in Riga when he tried to prove his identity 2 In the U S he became a lecturer at Dartmouth College In 1927 Tamarkin received a professorship at Brown University where he remained until his retirement in 1945 after suffering a heart attack He died later that year in Bethesda Maryland a suburb of Washington D C 3 Tamarkin s work spanned a number of areas including number theory integral equations Fourier series complex analysis moment problem boundary value problem and differential equations He was a proponent and a founding co editor of the Mathematical Reviews which was based at Brown at that time together with Otto Neugebauer and William Feller 4 He was also an active supporter of the American Mathematical Society a member of the council starting 1931 and a vice president in 1942 43 He had over twenty doctoral students at Brown including Dorothy Lewis Bernstein Nelson Dunford George Forsythe Margaret Gurney and Derrick Lehmer Tamarkin was married to Helene Weichardt 1888 1934 who came from a wealthy family of German ancestry Their son Paul Tamarkin 1922 1977 was a physicist for RAND Corporation 5 Notes edit von Lohr Family See E Hille p 443 See Encyclopedia Brunoniana article The Editors of Mathematical Reviews from the AMS website German Russian von Lohr FamilyReferences editJacob David Tamarkin His life and work by Einar Hille Bull Amer Math Soc Volume 53 Number 5 1947 440 457 Tamarkin Jacob D an article in Encyclopedia Brunoniana Tamarkin s biography in Russian External links editO Connor John J Robertson Edmund F Jacob Tamarkin MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive University of St Andrews Jacob Tamarkin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Tamarkin s mathematical school Archived 2012 02 24 at the Wayback Machine in Russian Jacob David Tamarkin Mathematical Reviews history page with a photo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jacob Tamarkin amp oldid 1209721794, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
