Sergei Bernstein
Sergei Bernstein · Science & Medicine
Approximation theory; Bernstein polynomials and inequality
1880, Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1968, Moscow, Soviet Union
Russian Empire · Soviet Union
Sergei Bernstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Approximation theory; Bernstein polynomials and inequality
Sergei Natanovich Bernstein was a Russian and Soviet mathematician who founded constructive function theory, introducing the Bernstein polynomials that gave a constructive proof of the Weierstrass approximation theorem and the Bernstein inequality. He also contributed to probability theory and partial differential equations. He was Jewish.
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Approximation theory; Bernstein polynomials and inequality
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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