Brayden Hamm

Mrs.Pare, p.3
5/22/09
Word count: 589
Serge So!o"e#
Serge So!o"e# $as a mat%ematcan and p%yscst $t% many passons. He
en&oyed a"" sorts o' su!&ects $%"e %e $as n sc%oo" suc% as mat%ematcs, p%yscs,
p%"osop%y, !o"ogy, and medcne. ($o su!&ects t%at %e e)ceptona""y e)ce""ed at $ere
p%yscs and mat%ematcs. He e#en got n#ted to t%e *SS+ ,cademy o' Scence 'or %s
t%eoretca" -no$"edge. .ater on n "'e t%ose t$o ta"ents t%at %e e)ceeded at $ou"d ma-e
ma&or steps n socety.
Serge $as !orn on /cto!er 0, 1908 n Sant Peters!urg $%c% s $%ere %e spent
most o' %s "'e !eng rased. Hs parents $ere re#o"utonary and re!e""ed aganst t%e
aut%ortes mu"tp"e tmes, $%c% got %s 'at%er e)pe""ed 'rom a co""ege. He $ent t%roug%
a"" t%e sc%oo"s re2ured and graduated at age 10, !ut %e $as not a!"e to get accepted nto
a un#ersty unt" %e $as 18 years o"d, so %e &oned t%e *SS+ ,cademy o' t%e ,rts unt"
%e $as a!"e to &on a un#ersty or a !etter o''er comes a"ong. W%en %e turned 18 years
o"d %e &oned 3acu"ty o' .enngrad State *n#ersty. 4urng %s tme n t%e un#ersty %e
$as o''ered to $or- n t%e (%eoretca" department at t%e *SS+ academy o' Scences.
W%en %e graduated, %e accepted t%e o''er and !roug%t ne$ t%eores to t%e *SS+. 5n
1967, Hs !oo- 8(%eory o' 9u!ature 3ormu"as: $as pu!"s%ed. 5n 1989 So!o"e# $as
a$arded
$t% t%e %g%est pr;e t%at t%e *SS+ ,cademy o' Scences %ad to o''er, t%e .omonoso#
<o"d Meda", 'or %s outstandng ac%e#ements n mat%ematcs. (%en soon a'ter
%e got t%e a$ard, %e passed a$ay n Mosco$ endng %s progress n t%e de#e"opment n
t%eores.
5n %s tmes n t%e t%eoretca" department o' t%e un#ersty, %e dsco#ered a
ca"cu"us noton ca""ed So!o"e# spaces. (%s t%eory %e made $as t%e t%oug%t t%at t $as
necessary to ntroduce t%e noton o' $ea- der#at#es. (%s %as !een e)panded on !y
many ot%er peop"e. 3or e)amp"e, t%e H"!ert space s anot%er -nd o' So!o"e# space, !ut
$t% a certan goa" to 'nd t%e nner product. He a"so made ot%er dsco#eres suc% as
d''erenta" e2uatons $%c% 8s a mat%ematca" e2uaton 'or an un-no$n 'uncton o' one
or se#era" #ara!"es t%at re"ates t%e #a"ues o' t%e 'uncton tse"' and ts der#at#es o'
#arous orders: =Wessten>, as $e"" as many ot%ers, %e c"c-ed an dea n peop"es %eads
to ma-e more t%eores and e2uatons.
Serge So!o"e# %ad many accomp"s%ments n %s "'e startng $t% %s career $t%
t%e t%eoretca" department o' t%e ,cademy o' Scence. (%at accomp"s%ment t%at %e %ad,
"ead to anot%er one. He $as a!"e to t%n- outsde t%e !o) and create ne$ t%eoretca" deas
to e)pand t%e poss!"tes t%at %s socety cou"d accomp"s%. (%en t%at $ou"d "ead to
anot%er one and so on &ust "-e a domno e''ect. Hs accomp"s%ments started to %s
respect 'rom t%e *SS+ t%en $ent g"o!a" as %e $as gettng nternatona" respect 'or %s
deas rg%t !e'ore %e passed a$ay.

Work Cited
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