Konstantin Posse

Konstantin Alexandrovich Posse (Russian: Константин Александрович Поссе; September 29, 1847 - August 24, 1928) was a Russian mathematician known for contributions to analysis and in particular approximation theory.[1] Veniamin Kagan and D. D. Morduhai-Boltovskoi were among his students.

Konstantin Posse
Born(1847-09-29)September 29, 1847
Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedAugust 24, 1928(1928-08-24) (aged 80)
Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Alma materSt. Petersburg State University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsOdessa State University
Doctoral advisorPafnuty Chebyshev
Doctoral studentsVeniamin Kagan
D. D. Morduhai-Boltovskoi

Selected publications
  • Possé, C. (1885). "Quelques remarques sur une certaine question de minimum" (PDF). Mathematische Annalen. 26 (4): 593–596. doi:10.1007/BF01444256. ISSN 0025-5831. JFM 18.0325.01.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Possé, C. (1886). Sur quelques applications des fractions continues algébriques. St. Petersburg. JFM 18.0161.02.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Notes
  1. Steffens, Karl-Georg (2006). The history of approximation theory. From Euler to Bernstein. Boston, MA: Birkhäuser Boston, Inc. pp. 114–119. doi:10.1007/0-8176-4475-X. ISBN 978-0-8176-4353-9. MR 2190312.

Further reading
  • Сергеев, А.А. (1997). Константин Александрович Поссе, 1847–1928. Научно-биографическая литература (in Russian). Moscow: Nauka. ISBN 5-02-003692-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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