EfimZelmanov 2006-10-14 16:53:16 2006-10-14 16:53:16 Biography % this is the default PlanetMath preamble. as your knowledge % of TeX increases, you will probably want to edit this, but % it should be fine as is for beginners. % almost certainly you want these \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} % used for TeXing text within eps files %\usepackage{psfrag} % need this for including graphics (\includegraphics) %\usepackage{graphicx} % for neatly defining theorems and propositions %\usepackage{amsthm} % making logically defined graphics %\usepackage{xypic} % there are many more packages, add them here as you need them % define commands here \emph{Efim Isaakovich Zelmanov} (born 1955) Russian (formerly Soviet) mathematician, perhaps best known for his solution of the restricted Burnside problem. Almost half a decade before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Zelmanov left for America and taught at Yale University and most recently at UCSD. In 1994 he was awarded the Fields medal.