Jacob Tamarkin

Jacob Tamarkin
At a Topological Congress in Moscow 1935
Born(1888-07-11)11 July 1888
Chernigov, Russian Empire
Died18 November 1945(1945-11-18) (aged 57)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
CitizenshipRussian-American
Alma materSaint Petersburg State University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsBrown University
Doctoral advisor
Andrei Markov
Doctoral students
  • Dorothy Bernstein
  • Nelson Dunford
  • George Forsythe
  • Margaret Gurney
  • Derrick Lehmer
  • Rose Sedgewick

Jacob David Tamarkin (Russian: Я́ков Дави́дович Тама́ркин, romanized: Yakov Davidovich Tamarkin, Ukrainian: Яків Давидович Тамаркін, romanized: Yakiv Davydovych Tamarkin; 11 July 1888 – 18 November 1945) was a Russian-American mathematician, best known for his work in mathematical analysis.