- MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
Brief history
Although lectures in
mathematics have been delivered sinceMoscow State University was founded in1755 , the separate mathematical and physical department was founded only in1804 . The Mathematics and Mechanics Department was founded on May the 1st 1933 and comprisedmathematics ,mechanics andastronomy departments (the latter passed to thePhysics Department in1956 ). An extensive development of the department began after theWorld War II . In 1953 the department moved to the new building on theSparrow Hills and the current division inmathematics andmechanics branches was settled. In 1970 the Department of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics broke off the department due to the extensive research incomputer science .Current state
Today the Mathematics and Mechanics Department comprises 25 chairs (16 in the
mathematical and 9 in themechanics branch) and 14 research laboratories. Around 350 professors, assistant professors and leading researchers work at the department, some of them working also in different institutions ofRussian Academy of Sciences . Around 2000 students and 450 postgraduates study at the department getting professions “Mathematics .Applied mathematics ” and “Mechanics .Applied mathematics ”. The education lasts 5 years and students choose their chair at 3rd year.taff
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Number theory – B.N.Delaunay, A.I.Khinchin ,L.G.Shnirelman , A.O.Gelfond*
Algebra – B.N.Delaunay, O.U.Schmidt, A.G.Kurosh*
Topology – P.S.Alexandrov, A.N.Tychonoff, L.S.Pontryagin*
Real analysis – D.E.Menshov, A.I.Khinchin, N.K.Bari, A.N.Kolmogorov*
Complex analysis – I.I.Privalov, M.A.Lavrentiev, A.O.Gelfond, M.V.Keldysh*
Ordinary differential equations –V.V.Golubev ,V.V.Stepanov ,V.V.Nemitski , V.I.Arnold*
Partial differential equations – I.G.Petrovsky, S.L.Sobolev*
Calculus of variations – L.A.Lusternik,L.G.Shnirelman *
Functional analysis – A.N.Kolmogorov, I.M.Gelfand*
Probability theory – A.I.Khinchin, A.N.Kolmogorov*
Differential geometry – V.F.Kagan,S.P.Finikov ,P.K.Raschevski *
Theoretical Mechanics andMechatronics - S.A.Chaplygin, D.E.Okhotsimsky, V.V.Rumyantsev*Aero- and
hydrodynamics – S.A.Chaplygin, L.I.Sedov*
Wave theory – A.I.Nekrasov,L.N.Sretenski *
Boundary layer theory , viscous fluids,external ballistics –N.A.Slezkin *Gyroscope theory –
B.V.Bulgakov *
Elasticity theory –L.S.Lebenzon External links
* [http://mech.math.msu.su/ Official website of the department (in Russian)]
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