Further reading


We recommend the following papers devoted to the life and work of M. Sh. Birman.

M. Z. Solomyak, T. A. Suslina, D. R. Yafaev, On the mathematical creative work of M. Sh. Birman. St. Petersburg Math. J. 23 (2011), no. 1., pp. 5–60. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
V. Buslaev, M. Solomyak and D. Yafaev, On the scientific work of Mikhail Shlemovich Birman. Amer. Math. Soc. Transl. Ser. 2, 189, 1999, pp. 1–15. English: (pdf|djvu)
M.Z. Solomyak and T.A. Suslina. On the scientific work of M. Sh. Birman in 1998–2007. Amer. Math. Soc. Transl. Ser. 2, 225, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2008. English: (pdf|djvu)
V. M. Babich, V. S. Buslaev, A. M. Vershik, S. G. Gindikin, S. V. Kislyakov, A. A. Laptev, V. A. Marchenko, N. K. Nikol'skii, L. A. Pastur, B. A. Plamenevskii, M. Z. Solomyak, T. A. Suslina, N. N. Uraltseva, L. D. Faddeev, V. P. Havin, D. R. Yafaev. Mikhail Shlemovich Birman (obituary). Uspehi Mat. Nauk 65 (3), 2010, pp. 185–190.

The original complete version of this paper is available here; you can also download it in Russian: (pdf|djvu)