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Mark Iosifovich Graev
Mark Iosifovich Graev (Марк Иосифович Граев, 21 November 1922, Moscow – 22 April 2017) was a Russian mathematician. He is known as one of the namesakes in the Gelfand–Graev representation. Education and career Graev received his doctorate in 1947 from Lomonosov Moscow State University with thesis ''Free topological groups'' under the supervision of Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Alexander Kurosh. Graev was a professor at the Scientific Research Institute of System Development of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the Moscow circle of Israel Gelfand, with whom he wrote several books. Graev was the co-author with Gelfand and Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro of volume 5 (''Integral Geometry and Representation Theory'') and the co-author with Gelfand and Naum Ya. Vilenkin of volume 6 (''Representation Theory and Automorphic Functions'') in the 6-volume monograph series ''Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |