Vasily Andreevich Zagorsky is an adjunct of the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Moscow University , brother of Peter Zagorsky .
| Vasily Andreevich Zagorsky | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Little Russia |
| Scientific field | maths |
| Place of work | Imperial Moscow University |
Biography
In the lecture catalog of Moscow University, the name of Zagorsky among university teachers was noted from 1805 to 1810: algebra with application to geometry (1805-1806), universal arithmetic according to Euler (1806-1807), geometry, both trigonometry, application of algebra to geometry and explanation He began the differential and integral calculus according to Bezout and Lacroix (1807-1808), the higher geometry according to the Bezout manual (1808-1809), the differential and integral calculus according to Bezout and Lacroix (1809-1810). 4 lectures per hour were read weekly. Such completeness of teaching at Moscow University at that time was news.
Professor P. S. Shchepkin , who was a student of V. A. Zagorsky, left grateful memories of his lectures:
Eyewitnesses, who until now have been spared by time, unanimously call him a teacher "good, firm, distinct."
But Zagorsky left a more lasting memory with a translation of the Bezout Mathematics Course , in five parts, one of the first to appear in Russian (1798-1803). Of these, the first two: 1) arithmetic and 2) initial geometry with flat trigonometry were intended for the University noble guesthouse , where the translator served as a teacher to the university. The remaining three: 3) algebra with applications to arithmetic and geometry in general, and to conic sections and other curves in particular , 4) Differential and integral calculus with mechanics , 5) Application of the general rules of mechanics to different cases of motion and equilibrium - for the university itself. The book was widely popular and its first four parts were reprinted (1804-1806).
Zagorsky’s brother, Pyotr Andreevich - an outstanding anatomist, a member of the Russian Academy .
In the 1820s, Zagorsky visited Professor D. M. Perevoshchikov and brought him his work on the integral calculus deduced from the properties of logarithms. After the death of V. A. Zagorsky, in his letter on this issue, Academician D. M. Perevoshchikov made the following conclusion about this study:
“He really told me his essay, which you mention, and it seemed to me quite not without merits. However, the fate of this work, as well as the reason that removed this hardworking and talented scientist from the university so early, seems to have remained completely unknown. ”
Zagorsky was black-haired, thin to stunted, and often coughed.
Literature
- Zagorsky, Vasily Andreevich // Biographical Dictionary of professors and teachers of the Imperial Moscow University .... - Moscow: At the University Printing House, 1855. - T. I. - S. 333—334. - 485 s.