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January 9, 1975
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Pyotr Novikov (August 15, 1901 – January 9, 1975) was a mathematician born and died in Moscow. He held citizenships in both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Novikov was educated at Moscow State University.
As a mathematician, he was a doctoral advisor to several students, including Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Boris Trakhtenbrot, Sergei Adian, Sergey Yablonsky, Alexey Lyapunov, and Albert Muchnik. Pyotr Novikov received mentoring from Nikolai Luzin during his doctoral studies.
Novikov is known for his work on the "Word problem for groups". His contributions to mathematics earned him the prestigious Lenin Prize. Pyotr Novikov is also the father of mathematician Sergei Novikov.
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