Nikolai Luzin

Nikolai Luzin

Russian mathematician

Died aged 66SagittariusRussian Empire

Biography

Nikolai Nikolayevich Luzin (also spelled Lusin; Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Лу́зин, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ˈluzʲɪn] ; 9 December 1883 – 28 February 1950) 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. They adopted his set-theoretic orientation, and went on to apply it in other areas of mathematics.

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Career highlights

Career & roles

  • Privatdozent
  • professor

Employers / organisations

  • Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • Steklov Institute of Mathematics

Notable works

  • Lusin's theorem
  • Denjoy–Luzin theorem
  • Luzin N property
  • Luzin space
  • Denjoy–Luzin–Saks theorem
  • Henstock–Kurzweil integral
  • Lusin's separation theorem

Awards & honours (1)

  • Order of the Red Banner of Labour

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Nikolai Luzin died on February 25, 1950 at the age of 66.
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Nikolai Luzin was born on December 9, 1883.
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Nikolai Luzin was born in Irkutsk.
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Nikolai Luzin's zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
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Nikolai Luzin is a citizen of Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic.
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