Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh
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Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh (19 January 1908-18 May 1971) was a Russian mathematician, known for his work in abstract algebra. He is credited with writing the first modern and high-level text on group theory, his The Theory of Groups published in 1944.
He was born in Yartsevo, near Smolensk. He received his Ph.D. from the Moscow State University in 1936 under the direction of Pavel Alexandrov.
[edit] See also
- Kurosh subgroup theorem
- Kurosh problem
- Kurosh monster
[edit] External links
- Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
