| J. V. Uspensky | |
| Birth Name: | Yakov Viktorovich Uspensky (Russian: Яков Викторович Успенский) |
| Birth Date: | April 29, 1883 |
| Birth Place: | Urga, Outer Mongolia |
| Death Place: | San Francisco, United States |
| Work Institution: | Stanford University, University of Minnesota |
| Alma Mater: | University of St. Petersburg |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Andrey Markov[1] |
| Fields: | Mathematics, Number theory, Probability theory |
James Victor Uspensky (Russian: Яков Викторович Успенский|translit=Yakov Viktorovich Uspensky; April 29, 1883 – January 27, 1947) was a Russian and American mathematician notable for writing Theory of Equations.[2] [3]
Uspensky graduated from the University of St. Petersburg in 1906 and received his doctorate from the University of St. Petersburg in 1910. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 1921.[4]
Uspensky joined the faculty of Stanford University in 1929-30 and 1930-31 as acting professor of mathematics. He was professor of mathematics at Stanford from 1931 until his death.[4] Uspensky was the one who kept alive Vincent's theorem of 1834 and 1836, carrying the torch (so to speak) from Serret.[5]