James Victor Uspensky (Russian: Яков Викторович Успенский, romanized: Yakov Viktorovich Uspensky; April 29, 1883 – January 27, 1947) was a Russian and American mathematician notable for writing Theory of Equations.

[4] Uspensky joined the faculty of Stanford University in 1929-30 and 1930-31 as acting professor of mathematics.

[4] Uspensky was the one who kept alive Vincent's theorem of 1834 and 1836, carrying the torch (so to speak) from Serret.

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