In the history of mathematics, Ivan Ivanov is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Ivan Ivanov as Russian mathematician (1862–1939).
Ivan Ivanov was born at Saint Petersburg in 1862. His recorded nationality is Russia. He studied at Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University.
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His academic posts were held at Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University.
The recorded fields of work are number theory.
Mathematical work is judged by whether anyone can build on it, and that judgement takes decades.
That the work was done from Russia matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Ivan Ivanov died in 1939, aged 77. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University
- Fields: number theory
