Pavel Alexandrov
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| Pavel Sergeyevich Alexandrov | |
 Pavel Sergeyevich Alexandrov
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| Born | November 16, 1896 |
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| Died | May 7, 1982 (age 85) |
| 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 (November 16, 1896–May 7, 1982) was a Russian mathematician. He wrote about three hundred papers, making important contributions to set theory and topology.
In topology, the Alexandroff compactification and the Alexandrov topology are named after him.
Alexandrov attended Moscow State University where he was a student of Dmitri Egorov and Nikolai Luzin. 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. He was made a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1953.
He was an active participant in the political offensive against Luzin which is known as the Luzin affair (1936).
Alexandrov had a number of students, including Aleksandr Kurosh, Lev Pontryagin and Andrey Tychonoff.
Pavel Alexandrov should not be confused with Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, another mathematician at the Steklov Institute.
[edit] External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Pavel Alexandrov", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
- Pavel Alexandrov at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- In November 2008 The Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov Theatre (for acoustic arts) was opened in honour of Alexandrov's lifetime achievement. Although the theatre has no direct connection to Alexandrov, and has no intention of producing pieces based on his work, his name was chosen due to a high demand amongst the anonymous donors for the man to be remembered in this fashion. The theatre has put on one production so far, a small circus piece held in the theatre's main exhibition space.[citation needed]
- 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
