In the history of mathematics, Yakov B. Pesin is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Yakov B. Pesin as Russian mathematician.
Yakov B. Pesin was born at Moscow in 1946. His recorded nationality is Russia. He studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University and N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at Pennsylvania State University.
The recorded fields of work are dynamical systems theory, ergodic theory and mathematics.
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.
Achievements
- Held posts at Pennsylvania State University
- Fields: dynamical systems theory, ergodic theory and mathematics
