Toshmuhammad Sarimsoqov
Toshmuhammad Sarimsoqov (Uzbek Cyrillic: Тошмуҳаммад Алиевич Саримсоқов, Russian: Ташмухамед Алиевич Сарымсаков, Tashmukhamed Alievich Sarymsakov; 4 September [O.S. 22 August] 1915 – 17 December 1995) was an Uzbek mathematician who served as president of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR from 1947 to 1952.
Toshmuhammad Sarimsoqov Тошмуҳаммад Саримсоқов | |
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| Born | 4 September [O.S. 22 August] 1915 |
| Died | 17 December 1995 (aged 80) |
| Citizenship |  Soviet Union →  Uzbekistan |
| Education | Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences |
| Alma mater | Central Asian State University |
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| Academic advisors | Toshmuhammad Sarimsoqov |
| Notable students | Shavkat Ayupov |
Early life and education
Born in 1915 in Shahrixon to an Uzbek family, in 1931 he graduated from a Russian secondary school in Kokand; he subsequently enrolled in the Central Asia State University. There, he was one of the first students of Vsevolod Romanovsky. After graduating from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the university in 1936, he remained at the university, where he attended graduate school. At the same time, he worked as assistant and associate professor. After briefly serving in the Red Army he returned to the university in 1942 to defend his doctoral dissertation. That year he received his Doctor of Sciences degree.[1][2][3]
He became a member of the Communist party in 1944 and served as a deputy in the third convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.[4][5]
Career
In 1943 he became the rector of his university, and held that post until June 1944. When the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR was founded in 1943, he became its vice president. In 1947 he became its president, and held the post until 1952. He then returned to being the rector of Central Asia State University, where he remained until 1958. From 1959 to 1971 he served as the minister of higher education of the Uzbek SSR before again returning to being the rector of the university, which had been renamed to Tashkent State University in 1960. In 1983 he returned to working at the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, and in 1988 he became advisor to the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. His main areas of study were probability, statistics, and functional analysis. During his career he authored over 170 academic papers. His work on the theory of non-homogeneous Markov chains is cited in modern academic papers.[6] For his work, he was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labour on 3 April 1990. After Uzbekistan became independent he worked as an advisor to the President of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan. He died in Tashkent on 18 December 1995.[1][7][8]
Awards
- Hero of Socialist Labour (3 April 1990)
- Four Order of Lenin (23 January 1946, 16 January 1950, 15 September 1961, 3 April 1990)
- Three Order of the Red Banner of Labour (4 November 1944, 11 January 1957, 9 September 1971)
- Order of the Badge of Honour (1 March 1965)
- Order of the October Revolution (3 October 1975)
- Medal "For Labour Valour" (6 November 1951)
- Order of Outstanding Merit (2002)
- Stalin Prize (1948)
- Biruni State Prize (1967)
- Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of the Uzbek SSR (1960)[5]
References
- Аюпов, Ш. А. (ed.). "Математическая жизнь - Ташмухамед Алиевич Сарымсаков" [Mathematical life - Toshmuhamad Aliyevich Sarimsoqov] (PDF). Узбекский Математический Журнал (in Russian). Ташкент: Издательство «Фан» Академии Наук Республики Узбекистан. 2005 (3): 3–10. ISSN 2010-7269.
- Боголюбов, А. Н.; Матвиевская, Г. П. (1997). Всеволод Иванович Романовский, 1879–1954 [Vsevolod Ivanovich Romanovsky, 1879–1954]. Научно-биографическая серия (in Russian). Москва: Наука. ISBN 978-5-02003-644-4.
- Kostyrya, Vyacheslav (1977). "Могучая крона знаний" [Mighty Crown of Knowledge]. Ogonyok (in Russian) (26): 16–17.
- Академия Наук Узбекской ССР [Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR] (in Russian). Издательство «Фан» Узбекской ССР. 1983.
- Каримов, Тимур. "Сарымсаков Ташмухамед Алиевич" [Sarymsakov Tashmukhamed Alievich]. Международный патриотический интернет-проект «Герои страны» (in Russian). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- Iosifescu, Marius (2007) [Originally published 1980]. Finite Markov Processes and Their Applications. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-48645-869-4.
- Салахитдинов, М. С. (1993). Академии наук Республики Узбекистан – 50 лет [Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan – 50 years] (in Russian). Фан.
- Ўзбекистон миллий энциклопедияси (PDF) (in Uzbek). Vol. 7. Tashkent: O‘zbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi Davlat ilmiy nashriyoti. 2004. Retrieved 9 February 2023.