This list of Russian mathematicians includes the famous mathematicians from the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation.
Alphabetical list
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Georgy Adelson-Velsky, inventor of AVL tree algorithm, developer of Kaissa, the first world computer chess champion Sergei Adian, known for his work in group theory, especially on the Burnside problem Aleksandr Aleksandrov, developer of CAT(k) space and Alexandrov's uniqueness theorem in geometry Pavel Alexandrov, author of the Alexandroff compactification and the Alexandrov topology Dmitri Anosov, developed Anosov diffeomorphism Vladimir Arnold, an author of the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem in dynamical systems, solved Hilbert's 13th problem, raised the ADE classification and Arnold's rouble problems
B Alexander Beilinson, influential mathematician in representation theory, algebraic geometry and mathematical physics Sergey Bernstein, developed the Bernstein polynomial, Bernstein's theorem and Bernstein inequalities in probability theory Nikolay Bogolyubov, mathematician and theoretical physicist, author of the edge-of-the-wedge theorem, Krylov–Bogolyubov theorem, describing function and multiple important contributions to quantum mechanics Vladimir Berkovich, developed Berkovich spaces Viktor Bunyakovsky, noted for his work in theoretical mechanics and number theory, and is credited with an early discovery of the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality Leonid Berlyand, PDE theorist, worked on asymptotic homogenization methods, Humboldt Prize winner
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Georg Cantor, inventor of set theory. Cantor was born into the Russian Empire, moving to Saxony with his family at age 11. Sergey Chaplygin, author of Chaplygin's equation important in aerodynamics and notion of Chaplygin gas. Nikolai Chebotaryov, author of Chebotarev's density theorem Pafnuti Chebyshev, prominent tutor and founding father of Russian mathematics, contributed to probability, statistics and number theory, author of the Chebyshev's inequality, Chebyshev distance, Chebyshev function, Chebyshev equation etc. Sergei Chernikov, significant contributor to both infinite group theory (developer of Chernikov groups), and linear programming.
D Boris Delaunay, inventor of Delaunay triangulation, organised the first Soviet Student Olympiad in mathematics Vladimir Drinfeld, mathematician and theoretical physicist, introduced quantum groups and ADHM construction, Fields Medal winner Eugene Dynkin, developed Dynkin diagram, Doob–Dynkin lemma and Dynkin system in algebra and probability
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Dmitri Egorov, known for significant contributions to the areas of differential geometry and mathematical analysis. Leonhard Euler, preeminent 18th century mathematician, arguably the greatest of all time, made important discoveries in mathematical analysis, graph theory and number theory, introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation (mathematical function, Euler's number, Euler circles etc.) Although Swiss born Euler spent most of his life in St. Petersburg.
F Ivan Fesenko, number theorist Anatoly Fomenko, topologist and chronologist, put forth a controversial theory of the New Chronology Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann (also spelled Friedman or Fridman); He was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician. He originated the pioneering theory that the universe is expanding, governed by a set of equations he developed known as the Friedmann equations. Alexander Friedmann Known for Friedmann equations Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric
Yevgraf Fyodorov, mathematician and crystallographer, identified Periodic graph in geometry, the first to catalogue all 230 space groups of crystals
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Boris Galerkin, developed the Galerkin method in numerical analysis Israel Gelfand, major contributor to numerous areas of mathematics, including group theory, representation theory and linear algebra, author of the Gelfand representation, Gelfand pair, Gelfand triple, integral geometry etc. Alexander Gelfond, author of Gelfond's theorem, provided means to obtain infinite number of transcendentals, including Gelfond–Schneider constant and Gelfond's constant, Wolf Prize in Mathematics winner Semyon Aranovich Gershgorin, of Gerschgorin circle theorem fame Sergei Godunov, developed Godunov's theorem and Godunov's scheme in differential equations Valery Goppa, inventor of Goppa codes, and algebraic geometry codes in the field of algebraic geometry Mikhail Gromov, a prominent developer of geometric group theory, inventor of homotopy principle, introduced Gromov's compactness theorem, Gromov norm, Gromov product etc., Wolf Prize winner
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