Mikhail Postnikov
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Mikhailovich and the family name is Postnikov.
| Mikhail Postnikov | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 October 1927 Shatura, Soviet Union |
| Died |
27 May 2004 (aged 76) Moscow, Russia |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Moscow State University |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Lev Pontryagin |
| Doctoral students |
Sergei Novikov Andrei Pajitnov Yuli Rudyak Nikolai Saveliev Andras Szucs Andrei Bolibrukh |
| Known for |
Postnikov system Postnikov square |
Mikhail Mikhailovich Postnikov (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович По́стников) (27 October 1927 – 27 May 2004) was a Soviet mathematician, known for his work in algebraic and differential topology.
He was born in Shatura, near Moscow. He received his Ph.D. from the Moscow State University under the direction of Lev Pontryagin. He died in Moscow.
See also
References
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Mikhail Mikhailovich Postnikov", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- Postnikov, M. M. (1993), "Pages of a mathematical autobiography (1942--1953)", in Zdravkovska, Smilka; Duren, Peter L., Golden years of Moscow mathematics, Hist. Math. 6, Providence, R.I.: Amer. Math. Soc., pp. 155–178, ISBN 978-0-8218-9003-5, MR 1246563
- Rudyak, Yuli (2009), "M. M. Postnikov: his life, work and legacy", Algebraic topology---old and new, Banach Center Publ. 85, Polish Acad. Sci. Inst. Math., Warsaw, pp. 15–29, doi:10.4064/bc85-0-1, MR 2503515
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