Anatoli Georgievich Vitushkin (russian: Анато́лий Гео́ргиевич Виту́шкин) (June 25, 1931 – May 9, 2004) was a

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noted for his work on

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and other parts of

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Early life

Anatoli Georgievich Vitushkin was born on 25 June 1931 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. He was blind.

Career

He entered

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

in 1949 after graduating from the Tula Suvorov Military School where mathematics was taught as part of a broader education for potential officers. He graduated in 1954. He studied under

Andrey Kolmogorov Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov ( rus, Андре́й Никола́евич Колмого́ров, p=ɐnˈdrʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ kəlmɐˈɡorəf, a=Ru-Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov.ogg, 25 April 1903 – 20 October 1987) was a Sovi ...

and benefited from participation in

Alexander Kronrod Aleksandr Semyonovich Kronrod (russian: Алекса́ндр Семёнович Кронро́д; October 22, 1921 – October 6, 1986) was a Soviet mathematician and computer scientist, best known for the Gauss–Kronrod quadrature formula wh ...

's circle. He joined the

Steklov Institute of Mathematics Steklov Institute of Mathematics or Steklov Mathematical Institute (russian: Математический институт имени В.А.Стеклова) is a premier research institute based in Moscow, specialized in mathematics, and a part ...

staff in 1965. For many years he was a member of the Editorial board of the Russian

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; ''

Mathematical Notes ''Mathematical Notes'' is a peer-reviewed mathematical journal published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Russian Academy of Sciences that covers all aspects of mathematics. It is an English language translation of the Russian- ...

''. He died, at the age of 72, in Moscow on 9 May 2004.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vitushkin, Anatoli Georgievitch 20th-century Russian mathematicians 1931 births 2004 deaths Moscow State University alumni Russian information theorists Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Soviet mathematicians Blind academics Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery