At our university, the higher mathematics department was established in 1921. On the opening day (January 2, 1921) of the University (formerly the Institute), the first delivered lesson was a lecture on the course of higher mathematics. About 400 students attended the lecture of an engineer, Samedbek Vekilov.
The first to lead the department was L.S. Leibenzon. At that time, 4 employees worked at the department.
In 1923, N.N. Iowlev was appointed the head of the department. In 1926, the department was divided into two parts: the department of Analysis (A.S. Kovanko was appointed the head of the department) and the department of Geometry (professor N.N. Iowlev was appointed the head of the d epartment). In 1928, these departments were again united under the name “Higher Mathematics” (professor A.M. Amosov became the head o... read more
