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October 6, 2009 at 07:41
Who’s Aron Turgenev?
October 6, 2009 at 18:08
It’s a nom de plume (as far as I can tell) for a Russian-speaking math blogger. By the way, thanks for posting the info to the Wikipedia! It’s now all over the blogosphere. If you happen to read in Russian, you can find an obituary here.
October 6, 2009 at 22:44
Hey, I can read in Russian, it’s easy:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polit.ru%2Fscience%2F2009%2F10%2F06%2Fimgelfand.html&sl=ru&tl=en (^_^).