Sheynin / Strecker Alexandr A. Chuprov: Life, Work, Correspondence

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The biography and correspondence of Chuprov are additionally based on many archival sources and newspaper articles and his work is critically described. Becoming a mathematician, he nevertheless stressed the ties between statistics, logic and philosophy without due regards to mathematics. Then, mostly due to his long correspondence with Markov, he became mathematically oriented. Without abandoning statistics or its applications, he had been partly successful in uniting the Biometric school and the Continental direction of statistics. Nowadays, Chuprov is largely forgotten, to a large extent because the history of statistics in general is mostly neglected.

Dr. Oscar Sheynin was born in Moscow in 1925. He has worked in Russia as an editor and lecturer in academic institutions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sheynin, Oscar

Strecker, Heinrich

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;5
2;1. Introduction;9
2.1;Abbreviations;12
3;2. A Brief Biography;25
3.1;2.1. Youth;25
3.2;2.2. Mature Years;26
3.3;2.3. Outline;27
4;3. Teaching;29
4.1;3.1. The Petersburg Polytechnic Institute;29
4.2;3.2. The Dissemination of Statistical Knowledge;31
4.3;3.3. School Curriculum;31
5;4. Social and Political Activities;33
6;5. The Last Years;37
6.1;5.1. A Trip Abroad. To Return Or Not?;37
6.2;5.2. Sweden and Germany;40
6.3;5.3. Searching for a Job. Prague;43
6.4;5.4. The End;44
7;6. Membership of Scientific Bodies;47
8;7. Chuprov and Other Scientists;49
8.1;7.1. Introduction;49
8.2;7.2. Knapp;51
8.3;7.3. Bortkiewicz;54
8.4;7.4. Slutsky;62
8.5;7.5. Romanovsky;70
8.6;7.6. Karl Pearson;75
8.7;7.7. Chetverikov;77
8.8;7.8. Anderson;80
8.9;7.9. Mordukh;82
8.10;7.10. Markov;83
9;8. Correspondence with Markov;85
9.1;8.1. An Unsigned Note;85
9.2;8.2. Additions to the Published Text (Ondar E1977/1981);86
9.3;8.3. Corrections to That Text;102
10;9. The Candidate Composition [Dissertation];109
10.1;9.1. A General Description;109
10.2;9.2. Philosophical Problems;110
10.3;9.3. The Theory of Probability;112
10.4;9.4. Statistics and the Statistical Method;117
11;10. Statistics;119
11.1;10.1. Statistics and the Theory of Probability;119
11.2;10.2. The Law of Large Numbers;120
11.3;10.3. The Strong Law of Large Numbers;122
11.4;10.4. Statistics and the Statistical Method;123
11.5;10.5. Statistics and Natural Sciences;124
11.6;10.6. A Particular Remark on Terminology;127
12;11. Demography;129
12.1;11.1. Censuses of Population;129
12.2;11.2. Other Areas;131
13;12. Actuarial Work;133
14;13. Sampling;135
15;14. Stability of Statistical series;137
15.1;14.1. Lexis;137
15.2;14.2. Bortkiewicz;138
15.3;14.3. The Coefficient Q (Markov);139
15.4;14.4. The Coefficient Q (Chuprov);140
15.5;14.5. The General Formula (Chuprov and Markov);143
15.6;14.6. Exchangeability;145
15.7;14.7. The Normal Stability of Two Random Variables;146
16;15. The Method of Mathematical Expectations;147
16.1;15.1. Introduction;147
16.2;15.2. Chuprov;148
16.3;15.3. The English School;149
16.4;15.4. Random Variable;151
16.5;15.5. A Calculus of Mathematical Expectations;151
16.6;15.6. Appendix: Letters of Anderson and Pearson;152
17;16. Appreciation;155
17.1;16.1. The West;157
17.2;16.2. The Soviet Union;159
18;Notes;161
19;Bibliography;175
20;Sources for Photographs;199
21;Index of Names;201
22;Subject Index;205

Leseproben

(S. 33-34)

Den (E1928, p. 313) and Ioffe (E1928, p. 315) indicate that Chuprov longed to be able to give all his time to science. Indeed, while contrasting himself with his father, he (Chp ~ B 1.11.97) remarked that it was necessary to protect oneself against encroachments made by others and defend the time needed for one’s own work. Nevertheless, Chuprov was no armchair scientist. Apart from his attitude towards teaching (§ 3.1), which in itself refutes his own (earlier) statement just quoted, there are two other relevant circumstances: his participation in political life and the indissoluble connection of his work with social concerns.

Chuprov did to a certain degree take part in political affairs. In attempting to turn the attention of the intelligentsia to the Constitutional-Democratic (Cadet) party, he (letter to father 11.11.05, F2244, 2/245) published a booklet (1906a) explaining its aims and in 1906 –1907 he participated in the work of the Cadet’s agrarian committee (letters to father 9.11.06 and 7.2.07, Ibidem). He was one of those few, who […] essentially influenced the formulation of the ideology of that party (Kaminka E1926).

Maintaining (p. 3) that the Cadets have no clear boundaries between themselves and more radical left-wing parties, Chuprov (pp. 7 and 11) declared: For the advent of the final expropriation to take place it is necessary that capitalism develops wider than it had time to do even in the most advanced nations of the capitalist culture. At present, educated economists can no longer believe in the inevitable downfall of the capitalist system brought about by the general overproduction which threatens to become chronic.

Note also Chuprov’s post-war statement (1922d, p. 213): The intrinsic contradictions of capitalism are great and deep, but at present the ability to manage them is still greater. Chuprov was not a Marxist, a fact borne out by his correspondence with his father (1897 –1902, F2244). Indeed, he referred very critically to the first two volumes of Das Kapital. In the second volume he was especially dissatisfied with the arithmetical manner of exposition (13.11.01, 1/244).

Upon converting everything into algebraic form, it becomes much more durchsichtiger [transparent] 4.1. Concerning the first volume, Chuprov briefly formulated his disagreement with some of its sections (10.1.97 and 1.12.00, 1/244, and end of December 1902, 2/245). However, he also remarked that much Marxism was already in the air (13.11.01, 1/244). Finally, 18.3.02 (2/245) Chuprov, while informing his father about his talk with Struve 4.2, remarked.

Über Autor(innen)

Strecker, Heinrich
Dr. Heinrich Strecker ist emeritierter Professor für Statistik und Mathematik in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Er ist Ehrenmitglied der Deutschen Statistischen Gesellschaft.

Sheynin, Oscar
Dr. Oscar Sheynin was born in Moscow in 1925. He has worked in Russia as an editor and lecturer in academic institutions.