Lev Pontryagin

Also known as Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Lev Pontrjagin, Lev Semyonovich Pontryagin

Soviet mathematician (1908–1988)

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Born: ( 1908-09-03 ) 3 September 1908, Moscow , Russian Empire
Died: 3 May 1988 (1988-05-03) (aged 79), Moscow, Soviet Union
Known for: Pontryagin duality , Pontryagin class , Pontryagin cohomology operation , Pontryagin's maximum principle , Andronov–Pontryagin criterion
Fields: Mathematics
Doctoral advisor: Pavel Alexandrov
Doctoral students: Dmitri Anosov , Vladimir Boltyansky , Revaz Gamkrelidze , Mikhail Postnikov , Mikhail Zelikin

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Instance of: human
Given name: Lev
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russian Empire
Place of birth: Moscow
Place of death: Moscow
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Employer: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Languages spoken: Russian
Award: Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Doctoral advisor: Pavel Aleksandrov
Doctoral student: Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin
Field of work: mathematical optimization
Image: Понтрягин Лев Семёнович.jpg
Significant event: misadventure

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name in native language: Лев Семёнович Понтрягин
place of burial: Novodevichy Cemetery
date of birth: 1908-01-01
date of death: 1988-01-01
medical condition: blindness
member of: Academy of Sciences of the USSR
Erdős number: 3
birth name: Лев Семёнович Понтрягин
Commons category: Lev Pontrjagin
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Encyclopedic overview

Lev Semyonovich Pontryagin (Russian: Лев Семёнович Понтрягин, also written Pontriagin or Pontrjagin, first name sometimes anglicized as Leon) (3 September 1908 – 3 May 1988) was a Soviet mathematician. Completely blind from the age of 14, he made major discoveries in a number of fields of mathematics, including algebraic topology, differential topology and optimal control.

Early life and career

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