Lev Pontryagin

Lev Semyonovich Pontryagin was a Soviet mathematician. Completely blind from the age of 14, he made major discoveries in a number of fields of mathematics, including algebraic topology, differential topology and optimal control.

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Who was born first?

• Lev Pontryagin and Lev Landau were born the same year
• Lev Pontryagin and Victor Ambartsumian were born the same year
• Lev Pontryagin and Willard Libby were born the same year
• Lev Pontryagin and Willard Van Orman Quine were born the same year
• Lev Pontryagin and Odette Bancilhon were born the same year

Timeline

1. Lev LandauJanuary 9, 1908 – April 1, 1968
2. Lev Pontryagin (this page)September 3, 1908 – May 3, 1988
3. Odette BancilhonSeptember 22, 1908 – October 22, 1993
4. Victor AmbartsumianSeptember 5, 1908 – August 12, 1996
5. Willard LibbyDecember 17, 1908 – September 8, 1980
6. Willard Van Orman QuineJune 25, 1908 – December 25, 2000

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