Sergei Adian

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Sergei Ivanovich Adian, also Adjan (Russian: Сергей Иванович Адян, born January 1, 1931) is a Russian mathematician. He is a professor at the Moscow State University. He is most famous for his work in group theory, especially on the Burnside problem.

Adian was born near Kirovabad. He grew up there in an Armenian family. He studied at Yerevan and Moscow pedagogical institutes. His advisor was P.S. Novikov. He has been working at Moscow State University since 1965. A.A. Razborov was one of his students.

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• On 75th birthday (in Russian) – an article by L.D. Beklemishev, I.G. Lysenok, S.P. Novikov, M.P. Pentus, A.A. Razborov, A.L. Semenov and V.A. Uspenskii.