Boris Abramovich Kushner (russian: Борис Абрамович Кушнер, December 10, 1941May 7, 2019) was a mathematician, poet and essayist. His primary contribution in mathematics was in the field of

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and the Theory of Constructive Numbers and Functions. He has published several books of poetry (in Russian) and a number of music, literary, and political essays (Russian and English). Dr. Kushner taught at the

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References

* B.A. Kushner, E. Mendelson (Translator). "Lectures on constructive mathematical analysis". American Mathematical Society, 1984. * Boris Kushner, Yulia Kushner (Illustrator). "Prichina Pechali - the Reason of Sadness: Selected Poems 1993-1996". VIA Press, Baltimore, 1999.

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* Russian mathematicians Russian male poets 1941 births 2019 deaths {{Russia-poet-stub