It's not simple to transliterate Russian names to English. Sometimes there is a unique mapping, or at least a standard mapping, of a particular name, but often there is not. An example that comes up frequently in mathematics is Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (1821–1894). This Russian mathematician's name Пафну́тий Льво́вич Чебышёв has been transliterated at Tchebichef,

John D. Cook Consulting Blog

19.01.2025

An unexpected triangle | Sonine's formula

Sonine's formula surprisingly evaluates an integral in terms of the area of a triangle formed by the integral parameters

John D. Cook Consulting Blog

20.01.2025

Quadrilateral area | Brahmagupta and Bretschneider formulas

How to find the area of a quadrilateral from the lengths of its sides. Generalizations of Heron's formula

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Entering Russian characters in Vim with digraphs

Chebyshev and Russian transliteration

An unexpected triangle | Sonine's formula

Quadrilateral area | Brahmagupta and Bretschneider formulas

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