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1961 Soviet stamp depicting "Workers studying mathematics"
This list of
Russian
mathematicians includes the famous mathematicians from the
Russian Empire , the
Soviet Union and the
Russian Federation .
Alphabetical list
A
Arnold
Georgy Adelson-Velsky , inventor of
AVL tree algorithm, developer of
Kaissa , the first world computer chess champion
Sergei Adian , known for his work in
group theory , especially on the
Burnside problem
Aleksandr Aleksandrov , developer of
CAT(k) space and
Alexandrov's uniqueness theorem in geometry
Pavel Alexandrov , author of the
Alexandroff compactification and the
Alexandrov topology
Dmitri Anosov , developed
Anosov diffeomorphism
Vladimir Arnold , an author of the
Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem in
dynamical systems , solved
Hilbert's 13th problem , raised the
ADE classification and
Arnold's rouble problems
B
Alexander Beilinson , influential mathematician in
representation theory ,
algebraic geometry and
mathematical physics
Sergey Bernstein , developed the
Bernstein polynomial ,
Bernstein's theorem and
Bernstein inequalities in probability theory
Nikolay Bogolyubov , mathematician and theoretical physicist, author of the
edge-of-the-wedge theorem ,
Krylov–Bogolyubov theorem ,
describing function and multiple important contributions to
quantum mechanics
Vladimir Berkovich , developed
Berkovich spaces
Viktor Bunyakovsky , noted for his work in theoretical mechanics and number theory, and is credited with an early discovery of the
Cauchy–Schwarz inequality
Leonid Berlyand ,
PDE theorist, worked on
asymptotic homogenization methods,
Humboldt Prize winner
C
Chebyshev
Georg Cantor , inventor of
set theory . Cantor was born into the Russian Empire, moving to Saxony with his family at age 11.
Sergey Chaplygin , author of
Chaplygin's equation important in
aerodynamics and notion of
Chaplygin gas .
Nikolai Chebotaryov , author of
Chebotarev's density theorem
Pafnuti Chebyshev , prominent tutor and founding father of Russian mathematics, contributed to
probability ,
statistics and
number theory , author of the
Chebyshev's inequality ,
Chebyshev distance ,
Chebyshev function ,
Chebyshev equation etc.
Sergei Chernikov , significant contributor to both infinite group theory (developer of Chernikov groups), and linear programming.
D
E
Euler
F
G
Gromov
Boris Galerkin , developed the
Galerkin method in
numerical analysis
Israel Gelfand , major contributor to numerous areas of mathematics, including
group theory ,
representation theory and
linear algebra , author of the
Gelfand representation ,
Gelfand pair ,
Gelfand triple ,
integral geometry etc.
Alexander Gelfond , author of
Gelfond's theorem , provided means to obtain infinite number of
transcendentals , including
Gelfond–Schneider constant and
Gelfond's constant ,
Wolf Prize in Mathematics winner
Semyon Aranovich Gershgorin , of
Gerschgorin circle theorem fame
Sergei Godunov , developed
Godunov's theorem and
Godunov's scheme in
differential equations
Valery Goppa , inventor of
Goppa codes , and
algebraic geometry codes in the field of
algebraic geometry
Mikhail Gromov , a prominent developer of
geometric group theory , inventor of
homotopy principle , introduced
Gromov's compactness theorem ,
Gromov norm ,
Gromov product etc., Wolf Prize winner
K
Kovalevskaya
Leonid Kantorovich , mathematician and economist, founded
linear programming , introduced the
Kantorovich inequality and
Kantorovich metric , developed the theory of
optimal allocation of resources,
Nobel Prize in Economics winner
Anatoly Karatsuba , developed the
Karatsuba algorithm (the first fast
multiplication algorithm )
David Kazhdan , Soviet, American and Israeli mathematician, Representation theory, Category theory,
Kazhdan-Lusztig conjecture ,
Kazhdan-Margulis theorem ,
Kazhdan property (T) . Held
MacArthur Fellowship ,
Israel Prize ,
Shaw prize in Mathematics, doctoral adviser of
Vladimir Voevodsky (
Fields medal recipient)
Leonid Khachiyan , developed the
Ellipsoid algorithm for
linear programming
Aleksandr Khinchin , developed the
Pollaczek-Khinchine formula ,
Wiener–Khinchin theorem and
Khinchin inequality in
probability theory
Askold Khovanskii , inventor of the theory of
Fewnomials , contributions to the theory of
toric varieties ,
Jeffery–Williams Prize winner
Andrey Kolmogorov , preeminent 20th century mathematician, Wolf Prize winner; multiple contributions to mathematics include:
probability axioms ,
Chapman–Kolmogorov equation and
Kolmogorov extension theorem in
probability ;
Kolmogorov complexity etc.
Maxim Kontsevich , author of the
Kontsevich integral and
Kontsevich quantization formula , Fields Medal winner
Aleksandr Korkin ,
Vladimir Kotelnikov , pioneer in
information theory , an author of fundamental
sampling theorem
Sofia Kovalevskaya , first woman professor in Northern Europe and Russia, the first female professor of mathematics, discovered the
Kovalevskaya top
Mikhail Kravchuk , developed the
Kravchuk polynomials and
Kravchuk matrix
Mark Krein , developed the
Tannaka–Krein duality ,
Krein–Milman theorem and
Krein space , Wolf Prize winner
Alexander Kronrod , developer of
Gauss–Kronrod quadrature formula and
Kaissa , the first world computer chess champion
Aleksey Nikolaevich Krylov , first developed the method of
Krylov subspace , still widely used numerical method for linear problems
Nikolay Krylov , author of the
edge-of-the-wedge theorem ,
Krylov–Bogolyubov theorem and
describing function
Aleksandr Kurosh , author of the
Kurosh subgroup theorem and
Kurosh problem in
group theory
L
Lobachevsky
Lyapunov
Olga Ladyzhenskaya , made major contributions to solution of
Hilbert's 19th problem and important
Navier–Stokes equations
Evgeny Landis , inventor of
AVL tree algorithm
Vladimir Levenshtein , developed the
Levenshtein automaton ,
Levenshtein coding and
Levenshtein distance
Boris Levin , Mathematician, famous for his theory of entire functions of completely regular growth; in 1956 established and led influential for almost 40 years mathematical seminar at Kharkov university, Ukraine
Leonid Levin , computer scientist, developed the
Cook-Levin theorem
Yuri Linnik , developed
Linnik's theorem in
analytic number theory
Nikolai Lobachevsky , a
Copernicus of
Geometry who created the first
non-Euclidean geometry (
Lobachevskian or
hyperbolic geometry )
Lazar Lyusternik , Mathematician, famous for work in topology and differential geometry. Codevelops Lyusternik-Schnirelmann theory with
Lev Schnirelmann .
Nikolai Lusin , developed
Luzin's theorem ,
Luzin spaces and
Luzin sets in
descriptive set theory
Aleksandr Lyapunov , founder of
stability theory , author of the
Lyapunov's central limit theorem ,
Lyapunov equation ,
Lyapunov fractal ,
Lyapunov time etc.
M
Markov, Sr.
Leonty Magnitsky , a director of the
Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation , author of the principal Russian 18th century textbook in mathematics
Anatoly Maltsev , researched
decidability of various
algebraic groups , developed the
Malcev algebra
Yuri Manin , author of the
Gauss–Manin connection in
algebraic geometry ,
Manin-Mumford conjecture and
Manin obstruction in
diophantine geometry
Grigory Margulis , worked on
lattices in
Lie groups , Wolf Prize and
Fields Medal winner
Andrey Markov, Sr. , invented the
Markov chains , proved
Markov brothers' inequality , author of the
hidden Markov model ,
Markov number ,
Markov property ,
Markov's inequality ,
Markov processes ,
Markov random field ,
Markov algorithm etc.
Andrey Markov, Jr. , author of
Markov's principle and
Markov's rule in logics
Yuri Matiyasevich , author of
Matiyasevich's theorem in
set theory , provided a negative solution for
Hilbert's tenth problem
Mikhail Menshikov , probabilist
Alexander Mikhailov , coined the term
Informatics
David Milman , Mathematician, famous for his method of extreme points and centers that started geometry of Banach Spaces, and had numerous further applications in Mathematics. It starts with his theorem of extreme points that entered all text books in functional analysis, as Krein-Milman theorem
N
O
P
R
S
Shafarevich
Sobolev
Steklov
Numan Yunusovich Satimov , specialist in the theory of
differential equations
Lev Schnirelmann , developed the
Lusternik–Schnirelmann category in topology and
Schnirelmann density of numbers
Igor Shafarevich , introduced the
Shafarevich–Weil theorem , proved the
Golod–Shafarevich theorem and
Shafarevich's theorem on solvable Galois groups , important
dissident during the
Soviet regime, wrote books and articles that criticised
socialism
Moses Schönfinkel , inventor of
combinatory logic
Yakov Sinai , developed the
Kolmogorov–Sinai entropy and
Sinai billiard , Wolf Prize winner
Eugen Slutsky , statistician and economist, developed the
Slutsky equation and
Slutsky's theorem
Stanislav Smirnov , prominent researcher of
triangular lattice , Fields Medalist
Sergei Sobolev , introduced the
Sobolev spaces and
mathematical distributions , co-developer of the first
ternary computer
Setun
Vladimir Steklov , mathematician and physicist, founder of
Steklov Institute of Mathematics , proved theorems on
generalized Fourier series
Bella Subbotovskaya , specialist in
Boolean functions , founder of unauthorized Jewish People's University to educate Jews barred from quality universities
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