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Pafnuty Chebyshev (1821-1894) was one of the greatest Russian [[mathematicians]], who made significant contributions to [[number theory]].  He also advanced knowledge concerning the convergence of Taylor series, probability, and Poisson's weak law of large numbers.

Pafnuty Chebyshev (1821-1894) was one of the greatest Russian [[mathematician]]s, who made significant contributions to [[number theory]].  He also advanced knowledge concerning the convergence of Taylor series, probability, and Poisson's weak law of large numbers.

He was homeschooled by his mother and a cousin until age eleven, and then homeschooled by a tutor until entering [[Moscow University]] in 1837.

He was homeschooled by his mother and a cousin until age eleven, and then homeschooled by a tutor until entering [[Moscow University]] in 1837.