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Books by Aleksandrov, Kolmogorov & Lavrent'ev

The three principal editors were Aleksei Aleksandrov (1912–1999), a geometer and rector of Leningrad State University known for work in differential geometry; Andrei Kolmogorov (1903–1987), one of the most important mathematicians of the twentieth century, who made foundational contributions to probability theory, turbulence, and information theory; and Mikhail Lavrent'ev (1900–1980), a mathematician and administrator who made major contributions to conformal mappings and helped establish the Siberian Branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Together, they represented the breadth and depth of Soviet mathematics at its peak.