Mathematician:Victor Anatolyevich Vassiliev

Mathematician

Soviet and Russian mathematician best known for his discovery of the Vassiliev invariants in knot theory

Nationality

Soviet-American

History

• Born: 10 April 1956

Theorems and Definitions

• Vassiliev Invariant

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Also known as

In Russian: Виктор Анатольевич Васильев

His surname is variously transliterated as Vassiliev, Vasiliev or Vasilyev

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): knot polynomial
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): knot polynomial