mathematics

Julius Telesin

Julius Telesin is a mathematics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Julius Telesin rather than just read about it. In short: Julius Zinovyevich Telesin (Russian: Юлиус Зиновьевич Телесин, Julius Zinov'evič Telesin; born April 1, 1933, in Moscow) is a Russian-Israeli mathematician, human rights activist, chess player, poet, and translator. He was a notable participant in the Soviet samizdat culture of the 1960s.

Key takeaways

Julius Telesin belongs to mathematics; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Julius Telesin to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Julius Telesin from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Julius Zinovyevich Telesin (Russian: Юлиус Зиновьевич Телесин, Julius Zinov'evič Telesin; born April 1, 1933, in Moscow) is a Russian-Israeli mathematician, human rights activist, chess player, poet, and translator. He was a notable participant in the Soviet samizdat culture of the 1960s. He emigrated to Israel where he lived since 1970. He taught mathematics at the University of Beersheba. Telesin was born on April 1, 1933, in Moscow. He is the son of Jewish Yiddish-language poet Zyama Telesin (Зяма Телесин / Zinovy Lvovich Telesin; 1907, Kalinkovichi, Minsk province – 1996, Jerusalem). His mother was the poet Rakhil (Rachel) Boymvol.

1001 anekdot Telesin compiled a collection of 1001 Soviet political jokes published in 1986 in Tenafly, New Jersey (Hermitage Press). Bruce Friend Adams, who cites it in his study of Soviet and Russian history through jokes, praised it as the most clever and funny presentation of such material:

There are many collections of Soviet anecdotes. The funniest, most clever presentation of a large number of these that I have seen is Iulius Telesin's 1001 Izbrannyi Sovetskii Politicheskii Anekdot. Telesin arranged 1001 well-chosen anecdotes topically and added humorous rhyming quatrains called chastushki (the Russian equivalent of limericks), excerpts from Soviet dissident publications such as the Khronika tekushchikh sobytii (Chronicle of Current Events) and other snippets to make a very entertaining book.

The book includes jokes involving Stalin, Rabinovich, Khrushchev, Chapayev, Petka, Trotsky, Kosygin, Mao, Brezhnev, Gierek, Lenin, Dzerzhinsky, Radio Yerevan, Carter, Vovochka, Molotov, Furtseva, Chernenko and many others. Example (Joke No. 43): Why did Lenin wear shoes, and Stalin boots? – Because under Lenin, the filth in Russia only reached the ankles.

Selected publications 1001 izbrannyj sovetskij političeskij anekdot. Tenafly, NJ: Hermitage Press, 1986. Samizdat in Brief: An Introductory Article. 1973. Foreword to Peter Reddaway, Uncensored Russia: Protest and Dissent in the Soviet Union; the Unofficial Moscow Journal, a Chronicle of Current Events. New York: American Heritage Press, 1972. Detstvo v tyurʹme: memuary Petra Yakira (Childhood in Prison: Recollections of Pyotr Yakir). London: Macmillan, 1972. Teoriya kombinatsiy (Theory of Combinations). Jerusalem: Ivan Marton, 1992. Shutkovanie nad bezdnoy (Joking over the Abyss). Jerusalem: J. Telesin, 2009. Stishki o suverennoi demokratii (Poems about Sovereign Democracy). Jerusalem: J. Telesin, 2008.

See also Chastushka Chronicle of Current Events (Khroniki tekushchikh sobytii) Russian jokes / political jokes

References

Further reading * «НЛО» 2004, №68 ("NLO" 2004 Nr. 68): Писатели-диссиденты: Биобиблиографические статьи (Окончание) // NLO 2004, No. 68: "Writers-Dissidents: Bio-bibliographic Articles" ТЕЛЕСИН ЮЛИУС ЗИНОВЬЕВИЧ (in Russian) Boris Mozorov (ed.): Documents on Soviet Jewish Emigration. (Online excerpt) Bruce Friend Adams: Tiny Revolutions in Russia: Twentieth-century Soviet and Russian History in Anecdotes. Routledge Curzon, 2005 (Online excerpt) Leonard Schroeter: The Last Exodus. 1979 (Online excerpt) Maya Ulanovskaya: The Family Story. 2016 (Online excerpt) Kerstin Armborst: Ablösung von der Sowjetunion: Die Emigrationsbewegung der Juden und Deutschen vor 1987. 2001 (Online excerpt) Foreword to: Uncensored Russia: Protest and Dissent in the Soviet Union. Edited, translated and commented by Peter Reddaway. New York: American Heritage Press, 1972 (Slavic Review, Cambridge)

External links 1001 isbranny sowetski polititscheski anekdot (1), (2), in Google transliteration (in Russian) Russian Jew Allowed to Leave Ussr; Soviet Jewish Woman Seeks Help to Emigrate Юлиус Телесин (in Russian) Телесин Ю. З. (in Russian) A Number of Soviet Jews, Including Yosif Kazakov, Have Been Granted Exit Visas Boymvol, Rokhl Миша Мельниченко: Советский анекдот (Указатель сюжетов) (in Russian)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Julius Telesin

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Julius Telesin claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In mathematics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Julius Telesin before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Julius Telesin ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Julius Telesin

In research: Julius Telesin appears in mathematics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Julius Telesin in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Julius Telesin is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1933 births, Israeli human rights activists, Israeli mathematicians, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Julius Telesin outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Julius Telesin in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Julius Telesin means in your own words.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Julius Telesin in simple terms?

Why does Julius Telesin matter?

Because it connects several mathematics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Julius Telesin?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Julius Telesin.