10 Facts About Aleksandr Lyapunov

Aleksandr Lyapunov's brother, Sergei Lyapunov, was a gifted composer and pianist.

At his uncle's family, Aleksandr Lyapunov studied with his distant cousin Natalia Rafailovna, who became his wife in 1886.

Aleksandr Lyapunov graduated from the gymnasium with distinction in 1876.

In 1876, Aleksandr Lyapunov entered the Physico-Mathematical department at the University of Saint Petersburg, but after one month he transferred to the Mathematics department of the university.

In 1880 Aleksandr Lyapunov received a gold medal for a work on hydrostatics.

Aleksandr Lyapunov completed his university course in 1880, two years after Andrey Markov who had graduated at Saint Petersburg University.

In 1885, Aleksandr Lyapunov became privatdozent and was proposed to accept the chair of mechanics at Kharkov University, where he went the same year.

Aleksandr Lyapunov returned to Saint Petersburg in 1902, after being elected acting member of the Academy of Science as well as ordinary professor in the Faculty of Applied Mathematics of the university.

Aleksandr Lyapunov's wife was suffering from tuberculosis so they moved in accordance with her doctor's orders.

Aleksandr Lyapunov's impact was significant, and the following mathematical concepts are named after him:.