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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
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
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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U
V
Y
Z
See also