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Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh (Russian: Алекса́ндр Генна́диевич Ку́рош; 19 January 1908-18 May 1971) was a Soviet mathematician, known for his work in abstract algebra. He is credited with writing the first modern and high-level text on group theory, his The Theory of Groups published in 1944.

He was born in Yartsevo near Smolensk, and died in Moscow. He received his Ph.D. from the Moscow State University in 1936 under the direction of Pavel Alexandrov.

See also

Kurosh subgroup theorem
Kurosh problem
Kurosh monster


External links

Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.




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