The case of academician Nikolai Nikolaevich Luzin /
The Soviet school, one of the glories of twentieth-century mathematics, faced a serious crisis in the summer of 1936. It was suffering from internal strains due to generational conflicts between the young talents and the old establishment. At the same time, Soviet leaders (including Stalin himself)...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Ruso |
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Providence, Rhode Island :
American Mathematical Society,
[2016]
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Colección: | History of mathematics.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The Soviet school, one of the glories of twentieth-century mathematics, faced a serious crisis in the summer of 1936. It was suffering from internal strains due to generational conflicts between the young talents and the old establishment. At the same time, Soviet leaders (including Stalin himself) were bent on "Sovietizing" all of science in the USSR by requiring scholars to publish their works in Russian in the Soviet Union, ending the nearly universal practice of publishing in the West. A campaign to "Sovietize" mathematics in the USSR was launched with an attack on Nikolai Nikolaevich Luzi. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxi, 375 pages : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 1470429365 9781470429362 |
ISSN: | 0899-2428 |