Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin worked in mathematics at a period when the field's own foundations were under discussion.
The record lists Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin as Russian mathematician.
Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin was born at Tula Governorate in 1849. His recorded nationality is Russia. He studied at Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow Imperial University and Imperial Moscow University.
The nineteenth century made mathematics rigorous: definitions were tightened, foundations questioned, and whole fields created from scratch.
His academic posts were held at University of Warsaw, Russian Academy of Sciences and Saint Petersburg metropolitan area.
The recorded fields of work are mathematical analysis.
Among his principal contributions are Sonine formula and associated Laguerre polynomial. A theorem is permanent in a way no experiment can be, which raises the standard for entry.
The honours record reads: Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class (1881), Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class (1883), Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class (1887) and Order of St. Vladimir the Equal-to-the-Apostles (3rd class) (1890).
That the work was done from Russia matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin died in 1915, aged 66. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class — 1881
- Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class — 1883
- Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class — 1887
- Order of St. Vladimir the Equal-to-the-Apostles (3rd class) — 1890
- Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class — 1896
- Notable work: Sonine formula
- Notable work: associated Laguerre polynomial
- Held posts at University of Warsaw, Russian Academy of Sciences and Saint Petersburg metropolitan area
- Fields: mathematical analysis
