Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin (Russian: Владимир Абрамович Рохлин) (August 23, 1919 - December 3, 1984) was one of the leading mathematicians of the USSR, working in the fields of topology, geometry and ergodic theory. He was born to a Jewish family in Baku. He entered Moscow State University in 1935. His advisors were A.N. Kolmogorov and L.S. Pontryagin. Vladimir Rokhlin may refer to: Vladimir Rokhlin (Soviet mathematician) (1919–1984), Soviet mathematician Vladimir Rokhlin (American mathematician), American mathematician, Yale University professor Category: ... {| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Leonhard Euler, considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ... A Möbius strip, an object with only one surface and one edge; such shapes are an object of study in topology. ... For other uses, see Geometry (disambiguation). ... In mathematics, a measure-preserving transformation T on a probability space is said to be ergodic if the only measurable sets invariant under T have measure 0 or 1. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Coordinates: , Country Government  - Mayor Hajibala Abutalybov Area  - City 260 km²  (100. ... Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian: Московский государственный университет имени Ðœ.Ð’.Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is the largest and the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755. ... Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (Андре́й Никола́евич Колмого́ров) (kahl-mah-GAW-raff) (April 25, 1903 in Tambov - October 20, 1987 in Moscow) was a Russian mathematician... Lev Semenovich Pontryagin. ...

He volunteered for the army in 1941, leading to years as a prisoner of a German war camp, and then two years in a Soviet camp after the end of the war. He then returned to mathematics. His result of 1952 on the signature of 4-manifolds received a great deal of attention, and was generalised by Hirzebruch. He also worked in the theory of characteristic classes, homotopy theory and cobordism theory. He also contributed to real algebraic geometry. A list of POW Camps run by the Germans during WWII. Stalag I-A Stablack Stalag I-B Hohenstein Stalag Luft I Barth Stalag II-A Neubrandenburg Stalag II-B Hammerstein Stalag II-C Greifswald Stalag II-D Stargard Stalag II-E Schwerin Stalag Luft II Litzmannstadt Oflag II-A... Gulag ( , Russian: ) was the government body responsible for administering prison camps across the former Soviet Union. ... In 4-dimensional topology, a branch of mathematics, Rokhlins theorem states that if a smooth compact 4-manifold M has a spin structure (or equivalently vanishing second Stiefel-Whitney class w2(M) = 0), then the signature of its intersection form, a quadratic form on the second cohomology group H2... In mathematics, the signature of a manifold M is defined when M has dimension d divisible by four. ... In mathematics, 4-manifold is a 4-dimensional topological manifold. ... Friedrich E.P. Hirzebruch (born 17 October 1927) is a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation. ... In mathematics, the idea of characteristic class is one of the unifying geometric concepts in algebraic topology, differential geometry and algebraic geometry. ... An illustration of a homotopy between the two bold paths In topology, two continuous functions from one topological space to another are called homotopic (Greek homeos = identical and topos = place) if one can be continuously deformed into the other, such a deformation being called a homotopy between the two functions. ... In mathematics, cobordism is a relation between manifolds, based on the idea of boundary. ... In mathematics, the real numbers may be described informally as numbers that can be given by an infinite decimal representation, such as 2. ... Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which, as the name suggests, combines techniques of abstract algebra, especially commutative algebra, with the language and the problematics of geometry. ...

From 1959 he was at Leningrad State University, where he was a very influential teacher. His students include Mikhail Gromov and Anatoly Vershik. Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Russia-related stubs | Universities and colleges in Russia | Saint Petersburg ... Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov Russian: Михаил Леонидович Громов (born December 23, 1943, also known as Mikhael Gromov, Michael Gromov, or Misha Gromov) is a mathematician known for important contributions in many different areas of geometry, especially metric geometry, symplectic geometry, and geometric group theory. ... Anatoly Moiseevich Vershik (Russian: ) (born on 28 December 1933 in Leningrad) is a Russian mathematician. ...

Family

Vladimir Rokhlin is Rokhlin's son. He is a professor of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics at Yale University, a winner of the Steele Prize for a seminal contribution to research, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and an honorary member of the IEEE. Yale redirects here. ... The Leroy P. Steele Prizes are awarded every year by the American Mathematical Society, for distinguished research work and writing in the field of mathematics. ... President Harding and the National Academy of Sciences at the White House, Washington, DC, April 1921 The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine. ... Not to be confused with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). ...

Roklin's uncle was Korney Chukovsky, a well known Russian poet, most famous for his popular children's book. Mayakovskys cartoon of Korney Chukovsky Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (Russian: , March 31 NS 1882 - October 28, 1968) is probably the most popular poet for children in the Russian language. ...

External links

• Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
• (Russian) Rokhlin – an article by S.P. Novikov