Nikolai Chebotaryov

Nikolai Grigorievich Chebotaryov (often spelled Chebotarov or Chebotarev, , ) ( – 2 July 1947) was a Soviet mathematician. He is best known for the Chebotaryov density theorem.

He was a student of Dmitry Grave, a Russian mathematician. Chebotaryov worked on the algebra of polynomials, in particular examining the distribution of the zeros. He also studied Galois theory and wrote a textbook on the subject titled ''Basic Galois Theory''. His ideas were used by Emil Artin to prove the Artin reciprocity law. He worked with his student Anatoly Dorodnov on a generalization of the quadrature of the lune, and proved the conjecture now known as the Chebotarev theorem on roots of unity. Provided by Wikipedia