Mathematician:Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov

In Russian: Влади́мир Ива́нович Смирно́в.

Contributed significantly to several areas of pure and applied mathematics. Best known for his 5-volume textbook A Course in Higher Mathematics which was widely used.

Nationality
Russian

History

 * Born: 10 June 1887, St Petersburg, Russia
 * Died: 11 Feb 1974, Leningrad, USSR

Theorems and Definitions

 * Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test (with Andrey Kolmogorov)

Books and Papers

 * 1913+ : A Course in Higher Mathematics (5 volumes, used throughout Russia and the USSR)