Markov A.A., (1856-1922), mathematician

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MARKOV Andrey Andreevich (1856-1922, Petrograd), mathematician, member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1886). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of St. Petersburg in 1878. Two years later he began teaching there. In 1886 he was promoted to professor, and in 1905 to honoured professor. His main focus was on number theory, mathematical analysis and probability theory. Being a determined atheist, Markov submitted a petition to the Holy Synod in 1912, asking to be excommunicate from the Church. His request was granted. He was buried at the Mitrofanyevskoe Cemetery, and reburied at Literatorskie Mostky in 1954. Markov lived at 1/2 Leytenanta Schmidta Embankment (memorial plaque installed). In 1969, the Academy of Sciences of the USSR instituted the Markov Prize.

References: Гродзенский С . Я. Андрей Андреевич Марков, 1856-1922. М., 1987.

O. N. Ansberg. Markov Andrey Andreevich
Leitenanta Schmidta Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 1/2
Гродзенский С. Я. Андрей Андреевич Марков, 1856-1922. М., 1987 Russian Academy of Sciences
State University, St. Petersburg
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Literatorskie (Literary) Mostki, the museum-necropolis