Pavel Alexandrov

Pavel Alexandrov

Country

Russia

Birth - Death

1896 - 1982

Occupation

Academic, Scientist

Description

Mathematician, noted for his contributions to set theory and topology. The Alexandroff compactification and the Alexandrov topology are named after him. President of the Moscow Mathematical Society (1932-64), vice president of the International Congress of Mathematicians (1958-62), and Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1953). Partner was fellow academic Andrey Kolmogorov. Also known as Pavel Sergeevich Aleksandrov, Pavel Sergeyevich Aleksándrov, and Alexandroff.

See Also

• LGBTQ Russia
• LGBTQ Mathematicians

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/13736/Pavel-Sergeevich-Aleksandrov
• http://queerhistory.blogspot.ca/2011/05/pavel-sergeevich-aleksandrov-may-7-1896.html