Abstract:
We survey briefly the life and work of P. L. Chebyshev and his ongoing
influence. We discuss his contributions to probability, number theory, and
mechanics; his pupils and mathematical descendants; and his role as the
founding father of Russian mathematics in general and of the Russian school
of probability in particular.
Keywords:distribution of prime numbers, Bienaymé–Chebyshev inequality, law of large numbers, central limit theorem, Chebyshev polynomials, Chebyshev alternant, the moment problem.
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