Viktor Wagner
| Viktor Wagner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 November 1908 Saratov |
| Died | 15 August 1981 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Saratov State University |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Veniamin Kagan |
| Doctoral students |
Aleksandr Liber Mark Losik Boris Schein |
| Notable awards | Lobachevsky Prize (1937) |
Viktor Vladimirovich Wagner, also Vagner (Russian: Виктор Владимирович Вагнер) (4 November 1908 – 15 August 1981) was a Russian mathematician, best known for his work in differential geometry and on semigroups.
Wagner was born in Saratov and studied at Moscow State University, where V.F. Kagan was his advisor. He became the first geometry chair at Saratov State University. He received Lobachevsky Medal in 1937.
See also
References
- B. M. Schein (1981). "Obituary: Viktor Vladimirovich Vagner (1908–1981)". Semigroup Forum 28: 189–200. doi:10.1007/BF02676643.
External links
- Viktor Wagner at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Wagner, V. V. (1952). "Обобщенные группы" [Generalized groups]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 84: 1119–1122.
- Wagner's Biography – in Russian
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