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Birth of Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky

20 November 1792

Russian mathematician (1792–1856). Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky was born on 20 November 1792 in what is now the Russian Federation. Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is remembered as a mathematician and university teacher, a citizen of the Russian Empire. Notable works include “hyperbolic geometry”, “Test of Lobachevsky” and “Graeffe's method”. Positions held included rector.

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