Which mathematician was born first, Pyotr Novikov or Dmitri Egorov?
Pyotr Novikov Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov (Russian: Пётр Серге́евич Но́виков ; 15 August 1901, Moscow, Russian Empire – 9 January 1975, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet mathematician.
Vitold Shmulyan Vitold Lvovich Shmulyan (Russian: Витольд Львович Шмульян , August 29, 1914 – August 27 1944), was a Soviet mathematician known for his work in functional analysis. The Eberlein–Šmulian theorem is named after him.