Pavel Alexandrov

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human mathematician topologist

Pavel Alexandrov was a prominent Russian-Soviet mathematician known for his foundational contributions to topology and his role in developing the Moscow school of mathematics.

Aliases (1)

Alexandrov ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → mathematician → topologist →
academicAdvisor	Dmitri Egorov →
academicDiscipline	mathematics →
areaOfInfluence	20th-century topology → Soviet mathematics →
citizenshipPeriod	Russian-Soviet period →
coAuthor	Andrey Kolmogorov → Heinz Hopf →
countryOfCitizenship	Russian Empire → Soviet Union →
educatedAt	Moscow State University →
employer	Moscow State University →
era	20th-century mathematics →
familyName	Alexandrov →
fieldOfWork	algebraic topology → general topology → mathematics → set theory → topology →
givenName	Pavel →
influenced	Andrey Kolmogorov → Lev Pontryagin → Moscow school of topology →
knownFor	mentoring generations of Soviet mathematicians → shaping modern general topology →
languageOfWorkOrName	Russian →
memberOf	Academy of Sciences of the USSR → Moscow school of mathematics →
movement	Moscow school of mathematics →
nativeLanguage	Russian →
notableFor	Alexandrov compactification → Alexandrov topology → Alexandrov–Hausdorff theorem → Alexandrov–Čech cohomology → development of the Moscow school of mathematics → foundational contributions to topology →
notableStudent	Andrey Kolmogorov → Lazar Lyusternik → Lev Pontryagin → Petr Novikov →
notableWork	Foundations of Set Theory (with Andrey Kolmogorov) → Topologie (with Heinz Hopf) →
occupation	researcher → university teacher →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Moscow →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pavel Alexandrov ("Alexandrov") →	familyName
Emmy Noether →	influenced