Nikolai Luzin
Russian mathematician (1883-1950) · Russia · On the map · Academics · Died at 66
Nikolai Nikolayevich Luzin was a Soviet and Russian mathematician known for his work in descriptive set theory and aspects of mathematical analysis with strong connections to point-set topology. He was the eponym of Luzitania, a loose group of young Moscow mathematicians of the first half of the 1920s.
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They adopted his set-theoretic orientation, and went on to apply it in other areas of mathematics.
Country
Russia
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1883 to 1950 · aged 66
