UNITED SEMINAR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBABILITY THEORY OF LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
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This is the page of the United Seminar of the Department of Probability Theory of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University. The permanent website of the seminar is here. The seminar is a continuation of the research seminar of the Department of Probability Theory under the leadership of A.N. Kolmogorov and B.V. Gnedenko.
The seminar is held online every Wednesday from 16:45 to 17:45 Moscow time.
Permanent link to the Zoom room: http://bit.ly/3HY8K6d
Room ID: 844 6792 3144 Access code: 697663
Head of the seminar: academician of the RAS, professor Albert N. Shiryaev
Coordinator of the seminar in fall 2026: professor Elena B. Yarovaya
Secretary of the seminar in fall 2026: Oleg E. Ivlev
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We recommend you to study the network of seminars at this link, which were brought together by our colleagues from the Mathematical Center of the Southern Federal University.
The list of reports from 2020 and previous years can be viewed at this link.
The list of reports from 2021-2026 can be in the corresponding sections of this page.
We recommend you to study the network of seminars at this link, which were brought together by our colleagues from the Mathematical Center of the Southern Federal University.
The list of reports from 2020 and previous years can be viewed at this link.
The list of reports from 2021-2026 can be in the corresponding sections of this page.
Upcoming reports
Upcoming reports
September 23, 16:45 msk
Sergei Demidov, Lomonosov MSU, Russia
On the Department of the History and Methodology of Mathematics and Mechanics of Moscow State University
V.V. Bobynin began lecturing on the history of pure and applied mathematics at Moscow University as early as the beginning of the1880s; he also pioneered research in this field in Russia. However, the systematic study of the development of mathematical knowledge and the teaching of a mandatory course on the subject at the University were not initiated until the 1930s by S.A. Yanovskaya and M.Ya. Vygodsky. The Department of the History of Mathematics was established in 1957. K.A. Rybnikov served as its head until his death in 2004. He and I.G. Bashmakova laid the foundations for a new course on the history of mathematics. They also initiated systematic research into the history of the calculus of variations (Rybnikov) and the mathematics of ancient Greece, as well as the theory of divisibility and Diophantine analysis (Bashmakova) — work that was continued by their students, including S.S. Petrova, A.V. Dorofeeva, S.S. Demidov, E.I. Slavutin, G.S. Smirnova, and others. Currently, staff members of the Department are conducting research on the history of mathematics and mechanics in Russia and the USSR (Demidov, Smirnova, V.N. Chinenova, A.N. Bogdanov), on the emergence of ideas regarding the new mechanics and new mathematics in European science during the 15th–17th centuries (E.A. Zaitsev), and on the development of mathematical disciplines from the 18th to the 20th centuries (Demidov, Smirnova, P.N. Antonyuk, Z.A. Kuzicheva, M.A. Podkolzina, Chinenova, Bogdanov). They teach compulsory courses on the history of mathematics and mechanics, special courses on the problems of development of mathematical knowledge, as well as academic mathematics courses at other faculties. At the Cabinet there is a Scientific Research Seminar on the History of Mathematics and Mechanics (founded in 1933).
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