nLab Pavel Aleksandrov

Па́вел Серге́евич Алекса́ндров (Pavel Sergeevič Aleksandrov/Alexandrov, published as Paul Alexandroff) was a Russian topologist.

• Wikipedia: English, German, Russian
• math-net.ru page

Selected writings

Introducing the notion of nerve of a cover:

• Paul Alexandroff, Über den allgemeinen Dimensionsbegriff und seine Beziehungen zur elementaren geometrischen Anschauung, Mathematische Annalen 98 (1928), 617–635 (doi:10.1007/BF01451612).

On Alexandroff spaces (specialization topology):

• Paul Alexandroff, Diskrete Räume (web) (1937)

On one-point compactification:

• Paul Alexandroff, Über die Metrisation der im Kleinen kompakten topologischen Räume, Mathematische Annalen (1924) Volume: 92, page 294-301 (dml:159072)

Related $n$Lab entries

• Alexandroff space (specialization topology)

• one-point compactification

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