Which mathematician was born first, Pyotr Novikov or Dmitri Egorov?
Dmitri Egorov Dmitri Fyodorovich Egorov (Russian: Дми́трий Фёдорович Его́ров ; December 22, 1869 – September 10, 1931) was a Russian and Soviet mathematician known for significant contributions to the areas of differential geometry and mathematical analysis. He was President of the Moscow Mathematical Society (1923 — 1930).
Sergei Sobolev Sergei Lvovich Sobolev (Russian: Серге́й Льво́вич Со́болев ; 6 October 1908 – 3 January 1989) was a Soviet mathematician working in mathematical analysis and partial differential equations. He was born in St. Petersburg, and died in Moscow.