Mathematician:Aleksandr Yuryevich Olshansky

Mathematician

Russian mathematician working in the field of combinatorial and geometric group theory.

Also working on Lie algebras and associative algebras.

Disproved the Von Neumann Conjecture.

Nationality

Russian

History

• Born: 19 January 1946, Saratov, Russia

Theorems and Definitions

• Counterexample to Von Neumann Conjecture

Publications

• 1983: On a geometric method in the combinatorial group theory

Also known as

In Russian: Александр Юрьевич Ольшанский

His name can also be seen transliterated as Alexander Ol'shanskii.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Aleksandr Yuryevich Olshansky": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive