Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevskii is a Russian mathematician who was born last December 2,

1792 in Nizhny Novgorod. He grew up in a poor family with two brothers, he is the son of Ivan
Maksimovich Lobachevsky a clerk in a land-surveying workplace and Praskovia Alexandrovna
Lobachevskaya. The financial capabilities of his family worsened when Nikolai’s father died
when he was seven years old, during the 1800’s His mother decided to take her three sons and
go to the city Kazan, which is found in western Russia. There Nikolai went to Kazak university
and originally intended to study medicine but later on was influenced by Johann Christian Martin
Bartels to take courses associated with mathematics and physics. Nikolai received his master’s
degree in mathematics and physics in 1811 and became a full professor teaching mathematics,
physics, and astronomy in 1822 at the age of 30.
Geometry

“There is no branch of mathematics, however abstract, which may not some day be applied to
phenomena of the real world.”

-Nikolai lobachevsky
 Nikolay Ivanovich Lobachevsky, (born Dec. 1 [Nov. 20, Old Style],
1792, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia—died Feb. 24 [Feb. 12, Old Style], 1856,
Kazan), Russian mathematician and founder of non-Euclidean geometry,
which he developed independently of János Bolyai and Carl Gauss.
(Lobachevsky’s first publication on this subject was in 1829, Bolyai’s in 1832;
Gauss never published his ideas on non-Euclidean geometry.)

Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevskii

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The Russian mathematician Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevskii (1792-1856) was one of the
first to found an internally consistent system of non-Euclidean geometry. His
revolutionary ideas had profound implications for theoretical physics, especially the
theory of relativity.
Nikolai Lobachevskii was born on Dec. 2 (N.S.; Nov. 21, O.S.), 1792, in Nizhni Novgorod (now
Gorkii) into a poor family of a government official. In 1807 Lobachevskii entered Kazan
University to study medicine. However, the following year Johann Martin Bartels, a teacher of
pure mathematics, arrived at Kazan University from Germany. He was soon followed by the
astronomer J. J. Littrow. Under their instruction, Lobachevskii made a permanent commitment
to mathematics and science. He completed his studies at the university in 1811, earning the
degree of master of physics and mathematics.
In 1812 Lobachevskii finished his first paper, "The Theory of Elliptical Motion of Heavenly
Bodies." Two years later he was appointed assistant professor at Kazan University, and in 1816
he was promoted to extraordinary professor. In 1820 Bartels left for the University of Dorpat
(now Tartu in Estonia), resulting in Lobachevskii's becoming the leading mathematician of the
university. He became full professor of pure mathematics in 1822, occupying the chair vacated
by Bartels.
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