Alexander Buchstab
Aleksandr Adol'fovich Buchstab (October 4, 1905 – February 27, 1990; Russian: Александр Адольфович Бухштаб, variously transliterated as Bukhstab, Buhštab, or Bukhshtab) was a Soviet mathematician who worked in number theory and was "known for his work in sieve methods". He is the namesake of the Buchstab function, which he wrote about in 1937.
Alexander Buchstab | |
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| Born | October 4, 1905 Stavropol |
| Died | February 27, 1990 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Known for | Buchstab function |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Moscow State Pedagogical Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Aleksandr Khinchin |
| Doctoral students | Gregory Freiman Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro |
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