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Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky was a Russian mathematician and geometer, known primarily for his work on hyperbolic geometry, otherwise known as Lobachevskian geometry, and also for his fundamental study on Dirichlet integrals, known as the Lobachevsky integral formula.
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science · Russian mathematician (1792–1856) · mathematician · university teacher · also Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Nikolai Lobachevsky, Nicholas Lobachevski, Lobachevsky
Born 20 November 1792 · Died 12 February 1856 · Q129199
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Sonja Umdahl (Christine Baranski), a forgotten colleague who is transferring to teach at another university, gives as the reason behind her departure that Columbia is the only holder of Nikolai Lobachevsky's manuscripts
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Died 1856-02-12.
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And was buried in Arskoe Cemetery, Kazan
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“There is no branch of mathematics, however abstract, which may not some day be applied to phenomena of the real world.”
Awarded Order of Saint Anna, 1st class (1852).
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Ostensibly due to his deteriorating health: by the early 1850s, he was nearly blind and unable to walk
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Awarded Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class (1844).
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Awarded Order of St. Vladimir the Equal-to-the-Apostles (3rd class) (1842).
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Awarded Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class (1836).
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Awarded Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class (1833).
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Lobachevsky wrote a paper about his ideas called "A Concise Outline of the Foundations of Geometry" that was published by the Kazan Messenger but was rejected when it was submitted to the St
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“A Concise Outline of the Foundations of Geometry”
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Career landmark: rector (1827–1846).
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Awarded Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class (1824).
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But was not published in its exact original form until 1909, long after he had died
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At the age of 30, he became a full professor, teaching mathematics, physics, and astronomy
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Became a lecturer at Kazan University, and in 1816, he was promoted to associate professor
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In his student days, Lobachevsky was accused by a vengeful supervisor of atheism
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Studied at Kazan Imperial University (1807–1811).
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And then received a scholarship to Kazan University, which had been founded just three years earlier in 1804
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Born 1792-11-20.
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