Vasiliev Alexander

(born 1853), son sinologist Vasily Pavlovich Vasilyeva. He graduated from the course of physical-mathematical faculty of St. Petersburg University, received a gold medal for an essay: "The theory of separation of roots". In 1874,. defended pro venia legendi thesis: "On the Separation of roots of the set of equations, and then became assistant professor of Kazan University, where since 1887 is full professor of. I listened to a lecture in Berlin, Weierstrass and Kronecker in Paris - lectures Hermite. To Him belong the following works: "On the Separation of roots of the set of equations" (Kazan, . 1874), "Peculiarities of the solutions in connection with new perspectives on the task of integrating differential equations of first order" (1878), "On functions of rational, . similar to the doubly periodic functions "(Kazan, . 1880), "The teaching of pure mathematics in Berlin and Leipzig University (1882)," The theory of separation of roots "(doctoral dissertation, . Kazan, . 1884), "The role of Professor Weierstrass in the modern development of mathematics" (Kazan, . 1885), "On formulas of Jacobi for the expression of solutions of a linear system by means of multiple integrals" (Kazan, . 1886), "From the history and philosophy of the concept of positive whole number" (Kazan, . 1891), "Introduction to Analysis" (last issue 1910),
. Since 1883. Vasiliev wrote essays about the Russian mathematical works in the "Jahrbich uber die Fortschritte der Mathematik". Long took an active part in the life of Zemstvo Kazan province and Sviyazhsky County, contributed much to the development of the elementary school there. A member of the State Board of Elections from the Academy of Sciences and universities, supported primarily on the financial and public education.