Pavel Nekrasov is remembered in mathematics for work the next generation could build on.
The record lists Pavel Nekrasov as (1853—1924) — Russian mathematician, Rector of the Imperial University of Moscow.
Pavel Nekrasov was born at Ryazan Governorate in 1853. His recorded nationality is Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. He studied at Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow Imperial University.
The nineteenth century made mathematics rigorous: definitions were tightened, foundations questioned, and whole fields created from scratch.
His academic posts were held at Imperial Moscow University, Imperial St. Petersburg University and Lomonosov Moscow State University.
The recorded fields of work are probability theory, philosophy and mathematics.
Mathematics accumulates without discarding: a proof from two thousand years ago is still a proof.
The honours record reads: Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class.
That the work was done from Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Pavel Nekrasov died in 1924, aged 71. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class
- Held posts at Imperial Moscow University, Imperial St. Petersburg University and Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Fields: probability theory, philosophy and mathematics
