Pavel Alexandrov
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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.
