Mathematician:Pavel Sergeyevich Alexandrov

Mathematician
Russian mathematician who made considerable contributions in the fields of set theory and topology.

The first to introduce the concept of a kernel of a homomorphism. Not to be confused with.

Nationality
Soviet Russian

History

 * Born: 7 May 1896, Bogorodsk (also called Noginsk), Russia
 * Died: 16 Nov 1982, Moscow, USSR

Theorems and Definitions

 * Alexandroff Compactification
 * Alexandroff Extension
 * Alexandrov Topology

Also known as
In Russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Алекса́ндров.

Алекса́ндров is frequently transliterated as Alexandroff, particularly in the names of some of the objects and results attributed to him.

The variant Aleksandrov can also be seen.