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Boris Rosenfeld

1917 - 2008

Birthdate : August 30, 1917
Birthplace: Petrograd, Russia
Residence: State College, Pennsylvania,USA

Family members:

Wife: Lucy
Children: Sveta Katok, Julia Rozenman
Grandchildren: Lena, Borya, Alya, Manya, Danya

Titles: Corresponding Member of International Academy of Science History (since 1971), Corresponding Member of Barcelona Academy of Science.
Degrees:

B.A.,M.A. Moscow State University,
B.A.,M.A. Moscow Institute of Energy
PhD, Moscow State University
Doctor of Science, Moscow State University

Research interests: Geometry and History of Mathematics

Boris Rosenfeld has 419 papers and books published.
Among his last books are:

"Elie Cartan (1869-1951)" (AMS, 1993),
"Geometry of Lie Groups"(Dodrecht-Boston-London, Kluwer, 1997).
"Arabic, Persian, Turkish mathematicians and astronomers and their works (7-18th c.)"
The up-to-date complete scientific English translation of
the great treatise of Apollonius of Perga with the most comprehensive commentaries

SPACES, TIMES AND SYMMETRIES
Memoirs and thoughts of a geometer (in Russian)

The selected bibliography can be found here.

Under Boris Rosenfeld's supervision 71 of his students received Ph.D. degrees.

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