MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
The MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics is a faculty of Moscow State University.
History
Although lectures in mathematics had been delivered since Moscow State University was founded in 1755, the mathematical and physical department was founded only in 1804. The Mathematics and Mechanics Department was founded on 1 May 1933 and comprised mathematics, mechanics and astronomy departments. In 1953 the department moved to a new building on the Sparrow Hills and the current division in mathematics and mechanics branches was settled. In 1970, the Department of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics broke off the department due to the research in computer science.A 2014 article entitled "Math as a tool of anti-semitism" in The Mathematics Enthusiast discussed antisemitism in the Moscow State University’s Department of Mathematics during the 1970s and 1980s.
Current state
Today the Department comprises 26 chairs and 14 research laboratories. Around 350 professors, assistant professors and researchers work at the department. Around 2000 students and 450 postgraduates study at the department. The education lasts 5 years.Notable faculty (past and present)
- Algebra – O. U. Schmidt, A. G. Kurosh, Yu. I. Manin
- Number theory – B. N. Delaunay, A. I. Khinchin, L. G. Shnirelman, A. O. Gelfond
- Topology – P. S. Alexandrov, A. N. Tychonoff, L. S. Pontryagin, Lev Tumarkin
- Real analysis – D. E. Menshov, A. I. Khinchin, N. K. Bari, A. N. Kolmogorov, S. B. Stechkin
- Complex analysis – I. I. Privalov, M. A. Lavrentiev, A. O. Gelfond, M. V. Keldysh
- Ordinary differential equations – V. V. Stepanov, V. V. Nemitski, V. I. Arnold, N. N. Nekhoroshev
- Partial differential equations – I. G. Petrovsky, S. L. Sobolev, E. M. Landis
- Mathematical logic and Theory of algorithms – A. A. Markov (Jr.), A. N. Kolmogorov, V. A. Melnikov, V. A. Uspensky, A. L.Semenov
- Calculus of variations – L. A. Lusternik
- Functional analysis – A. N. Kolmogorov, I. M. Gelfand
- Probability theory – A. I. Khinchin, A. N. Kolmogorov, Ya. G. Sinai, A. N. Shiryaev
- Differential geometry – V. F. Kagan, A. T. Fomenko, N. V. Efimov
- Discrete mathematics – O. B. Lupanov
- Theoretical Mechanics and Mechatronics – D. E. Okhotsimsky, V. V. Rumyantsev
- Aero- and hydrodynamics – L. I. Sedov
- Wave theory – A. I. Nekrasov