In the 20th century, many mathematicians in Russia made great
contributions to the field of mathematics. This invaluable book,
which presents the main achievements of Russian mathematicians in
that century, is the first most comprehensive book on Russian
mathematicians. It has been produced as a gesture of respect and
appreciation for those mathematicians and it will serve as a good
reference and an inspiration for future mathematicians. It presents
differences in mathematical styles and focuses on Soviet
mathematicians who often discussed "what to do" rather than "how to
do it". Thus, the book will be valued beyond historical
documentation. The editor, Professor Yakov Sinai, a distinguished
Russian mathematician, has taken pains to select leading Russian
mathematicians such as Lyapunov, Luzin, Egorov, Kolmogorov,
Pontryagin, Vinogradov, Sobolev, Petrovski and Krein and their most
important works. One can, for example, find works of Lyapunov, which
parallel those of Poincaré; and works of Luzin, whose analysis plays
a very important role in the history of Russian mathematics;
Kolmogorov has established the foundations of probability based on
analysis. The editor has tried to provide some parity and, at the
same time, included papers that are of interest even today. The
original works of the great mathematicians will prove to be enjoyable
to readers and useful to the many researchers who are preserving the
interest in how mathematics was done in the former Soviet Union.
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