Mathematician:Dmitri Fyodorovich Egorov

Mathematician

Russian mathematician noted for his contributions to differential geometry and analysis.

His religious views caused him to fall foul of the Soviet regime and he died as a result of a hunger strike he embarked upon while in prison for being a "religious sectarian".

Nationality

Russian

History

• Born: December 22, 1869 in Moscow, Russia
• Died: September 10, 1931 in Kazan, USSR

Theorems and Definitions

• Egorov's Theorem

Results named for Dmitri Fyodorovich Egorov can be found here.

Also known as

In Russian: Дмитрий Фёдорович Егоров

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Dmitri Fyodorovich Egorov": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive