Mikhail Postnikov

Mikhail Mikhailovich Postnikov (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович По́стников; 27 October 1927 – 27 May 2004) was a Soviet mathematician, known for his work in algebraic and differential topology.

Biography

He was born in Shatura, near Moscow. He received his Ph.D. from Moscow State University under the direction of Lev Pontryagin, and then became a professor at this university. He died in Moscow.

Selected publications

• Fundamentals of Galois theory, 1961; 142 pp. Dover reprint, 2004
• The variational theory of geodesics, Translated from the Russian by Scripta Technica, Inc. Edited by Bernard Russell Gelbaum. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pa., 1967; 200 pp.
• Linear algebra and differential geometry. Translated from the Russian by Vladimir Shokurov. Mir Publishers, 1982; 319 pp.
• Smooth manifolds, Mir Publishers, 1989; 511 pp.
• Geometry VI: Riemannian Geometry, Springer, 2001, 504 pp.

See also

• Postnikov system
• Postnikov square

References

Bibliography

• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Mikhail Mikhailovich Postnikov", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
• Postnikov, M. M. (1993), "Pages of a mathematical autobiography (1942--1953)", in Zdravkovska, Smilka; Duren, Peter L. (eds.), Golden years of Moscow mathematics, Hist. Math., vol. 6, Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, pp. 155–178, ISBN 978-0-8218-9003-5, MR 1246563
• Rudyak, Yuli (2009), "M. M. Postnikov: his life, work and legacy", Algebraic topology---old and new, Banach Center Publications, vol. 85, Polish Acad. Sci. Inst. Math., Warsaw, pp. 15–29, doi:10.4064/bc85-0-1, ISBN 978-83-86806-04-1, MR 2503515

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