The MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics (russian: Механико-математический факультет МГУ) is a faculty of

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 ...

History

Although lectures in

mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

had been delivered since

was founded in 1755, the mathematical and physical department was founded only in 1804. The Mathematics and Mechanics Department was founded on 1 May 1933 and comprised mathematics,

mechanics Mechanics (from Ancient Greek: μηχανική, ''mēkhanikḗ'', "of machines") is the area of mathematics and physics concerned with the relationships between force, matter, and motion among physical objects. Forces applied to objects r ...

and astronomy departments (the latter passed to the Physics Department in 1956). In 1953 the department moved to a new building on the

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and the current division in mathematics and mechanics branches was settled. In 1970, the Department of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics broke off the department due to the research in

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. A 2014 article entitled "Math as a tool of anti-semitism" in ''

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'' discussed

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in the Moscow State University’s Department of Mathematics during the 1970s and 1980s.

Current state

Today the Department comprises 26 chairs (17 in the mathematical and 9 in the mechanics branch) and 14 research laboratories. Around 350 professors, assistant professors and researchers work at the department. Around 2000 students and 450 postgraduates study at the department. The education lasts 5 years (6 years from 2011).

Notable alumni

Notable faculty (past and present)

Number theory Number theory (or arithmetic or higher arithmetic in older usage) is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and arithmetic function, integer-valued functions. German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777� ...

– B. N. Delaunay, A. I. Khinchin, L. G. Shnirelman, A. O. Gelfond *

Algebra Algebra () is one of the broad areas of mathematics. Roughly speaking, algebra is the study of mathematical symbols and the rules for manipulating these symbols in formulas; it is a unifying thread of almost all of mathematics. Elementary a ...

– O. U. Schmidt, A. G. Kurosh,

Yu. I. Manin Yuri Ivanovich Manin (russian: Ю́рий Ива́нович Ма́нин; born 16 February 1937) is a Russian mathematician, known for work in algebraic geometry and diophantine geometry, and many expository works ranging from mathematical logi ...

Topology In mathematics, topology (from the Greek language, Greek words , and ) is concerned with the properties of a mathematical object, geometric object that are preserved under Continuous function, continuous Deformation theory, deformations, such ...

–

P. S. Alexandrov Pavel Sergeyevich Alexandrov (russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Алекса́ндров), sometimes romanized ''Paul Alexandroff'' (7 May 1896 – 16 November 1982), was a Soviet mathematician. He wrote about three hundred papers, ma ...

, A. N. Tychonoff, L. S. Pontryagin,

Lev Tumarkin Lev Abramovich Tumarkin (14 January 1904 – 1 August 1974) was a Russian mathematician. He was dean of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University. He was a student of Pavel Aleksandrov Pavel Sergeyevich Alexandrov ...

Real analysis In mathematics, the branch of real analysis studies the behavior of real numbers, sequences and series of real numbers, and real functions. Some particular properties of real-valued sequences and functions that real analysis studies include converg ...

– D. E. Menshov, A. I. Khinchin, N. K. Bari, A.N. Kolmogorov, S. B. Stechkin *

Complex analysis Complex analysis, traditionally known as the theory of functions of a complex variable, is the branch of mathematical analysis that investigates Function (mathematics), functions of complex numbers. It is helpful in many branches of mathemati ...

– I. I. Privalov, M. A. Lavrentiev, A. O. Gelfond, M. V. Keldysh *

Ordinary differential equations In mathematics, an ordinary differential equation (ODE) is a differential equation whose unknown(s) consists of one (or more) function(s) of one variable and involves the derivatives of those functions. The term ''ordinary'' is used in contrast w ...

– V. V. Stepanov, V. V. Nemitski, V. I. Arnold, N. N. Nekhoroshev *

Partial differential equations In mathematics, a partial differential equation (PDE) is an equation which imposes relations between the various partial derivatives of a multivariable function. The function is often thought of as an "unknown" to be solved for, similarly to ...

– I. G. Petrovsky, S. L. Sobolev, E. M. Landis *

Calculus of variations The calculus of variations (or Variational Calculus) is a field of mathematical analysis that uses variations, which are small changes in functions and functionals, to find maxima and minima of functionals: mappings from a set of functions t ...

– L. A. Lusternik *

Functional analysis Functional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis, the core of which is formed by the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure (e.g. Inner product space#Definition, inner product, Norm (mathematics)#Defini ...

– A. N. Kolmogorov, I. M. Gelfand *

Probability theory Probability theory is the branch of mathematics concerned with probability. Although there are several different probability interpretations, probability theory treats the concept in a rigorous mathematical manner by expressing it through a set o ...

– A. I. Khinchin, A. N. Kolmogorov, Ya. G. Sinai, A. N. Shiryaev *

Differential geometry Differential geometry is a mathematical discipline that studies the geometry of smooth shapes and smooth spaces, otherwise known as smooth manifolds. It uses the techniques of differential calculus, integral calculus, linear algebra and multili ...

– V. F. Kagan, A. T. Fomenko, N. V. Efimov *

Discrete mathematics Discrete mathematics is the study of mathematical structures that can be considered "discrete" (in a way analogous to discrete variables, having a bijection with the set of natural numbers) rather than "continuous" (analogously to continuous f ...

– O. B. Lupanov *

Theoretical Mechanics Mechanics (from Ancient Greek: μηχανική, ''mēkhanikḗ'', "of machines") is the area of mathematics and physics concerned with the relationships between force, matter, and motion among physical objects. Forces applied to objects res ...

and

Mechatronics Mechatronics engineering also called mechatronics, is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering that focuses on the integration of mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering systems, and also includes a combination of robotics, electronics, ...

– D. E. Okhotsimsky, V. V. Rumyantsev * Aero- and

hydrodynamics In physics and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids—liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including ''aerodynamics'' (the study of air and other gases in motion) and ...

– L. I. Sedov * Wave theory – A. I. Nekrasov

References

External links

Official website of the department
(in Russian) {{coord, 55.7031, N, 37.5306, E, source:kolossus-ruwiki, display=title Moscow State University Education in Moscow Schools of mathematics