Gury Kolosov belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Gury Kolosov as Russian mathematician (1867–1936).
Gury Kolosov was born at Ustye in 1867. His recorded nationality is Russia. He studied at Imperial St. Petersburg University and Saint Petersburg State University.
The nineteenth century made mathematics rigorous: definitions were tightened, foundations questioned, and whole fields created from scratch.
His academic posts were held at Saint Petersburg State University and University of Tartu.
The recorded fields of work are mechanics.
Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
That the work was done from Russia matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Gury Kolosov died in 1936, aged 69. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at Saint Petersburg State University and University of Tartu
- Fields: mechanics
