Lev Pontryagin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lev Pontryagin

Soviet mathematician

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1908

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 03-May-1988

Profession: mathematician

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Lev Semyonovich Pontryagin (Russian: ??? ????????? ?????????, also written Pontriagin or Pontrjagin) (3 September 1908 – 3 May 1988) was a Soviet mathematician.
He was born in Moscow and lost his eyesight due to a primus stove explosion when he was 14.
Despite his blindness he was able to become one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, partially with the help of his mother Tatyana Andreevna who read mathematical books and papers (notably those of Heinz Hopf, J.
H.
C.
Whitehead, and Hassler Whitney) to him.
He made major discoveries in a number of fields of mathematics, including algebraic topology and differential topology.