Pavel Alexandrov
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| Pavel Sergeyevich Alexandrov | |
 Pavel Sergeyevich Alexandrov
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| Born | May 7, 1896 |
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| Died | November 16, 1982 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Doctoral students | Aleksandr Kurosh Lev Pontryagin Andrey Tychonoff |
Pavel Sergeyevich Alexandrov (Russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Алекса́ндров), sometimes romanized Aleksandroff or Aleksandrov (May 7, 1896–November 16, 1982) was a Russian mathematician. He wrote about three hundred papers, making important contributions to set theory and topology. He was made a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1953.
Alexandrov attended Moscow State University where he was a student of Dmitri Egorov and Nikolai Luzin. He was an active participant in the political persecution of Luzin which is known as the Luzin Case. Together with Pavel Urysohn, he visited the University of Göttingen in 1923 and 1924. After getting his Ph.D. in 1927, he continued to work at Moscow State University and also joined the Steklov Mathematical Institute.
Alexandrov had a number of students, including Aleksandr Kurosh, Lev Pontryagin and Andrey Tychonoff.
[edit] External links
- O'Connor, John J. & Robertson, Edmund F., “Pavel Alexandrov”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- Pavel Alexandrov at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- The 1936 Luzin affair – from the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- Lorentz G.G., Mathematics and Politics in the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1953
- Kutateladze S.S., The Tragedy of Mathematics in Russia
