Abram Besicovitch
Abram Besicovitch | |
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| Born | Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch 24 January 1891 Berdyansk, Russian Empire |
| Died | 2 November 1970 (aged 79) Cambridge, UK |
| Alma mater | St Petersburg University |
| Known for | Hausdorff–Besicovitch dimension Kovner–Besicovitch measure Besicovitch covering theorem Besicovitch inequality Besicovitch functions Besicovitch set |
| Awards | Adams Prize (1930) De Morgan Medal (1950) Sylvester Medal (1952) Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Liverpool University of Cambridge |
Doctoral advisor | Andrey Markov |
Doctoral students | Joseph Gillis Patrick Moran Gholamhossein Mosaheb |
Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (or Besikovitch; Russian: Абра́м Само́йлович Безико́вич; 23 January 1891 – 2 November 1970) was a Russian mathematician. He worked mainly in analysis.