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Lev Pontryagin

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Soviet mathematician (1908-1988)

AcademicsLived 1908 to 1988 · aged 79
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Lev Semyonovich Pontryagin 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.

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Awards 12

1975USSR State Prize
1975Order of the October Revolution
1969Hero of Socialist Labour
1966Lobachevsky Prize
1962Lenin Prize
1953Order of Lenin
1945Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1941Stalin Prize
1940Order of the Badge of Honour
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

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About this person

Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1988 · aged 79
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28 languages

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