Dmitrii Matveevich Sintsov (21 November 1867 – 28 January 1946) was a Russian mathematician known for his work in the theory of conic sections and non-holonomic geometry.

He took a leading role in the development of mathematics at Kharkov University, serving as chairman of the Kharkov Mathematical Society for forty years, from 1906 until his death at the age of 78.

See also

Aleksandr Lyapunov

External links

* O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Dmitrii Sintsov", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Sintsov.html .
* "Dmitrii Matveevich Sintsov on the 100th anniversary of his birth", Ukrainian Mathematical Journal, volume 20, number 2 (March 1968).