French Journal Publishes Math Paper by Russian Political Prisoner
The French mathematical journal RMS published a scientific work by Azat Miftakhov, a political prisoner mathematician and anarchist, written by him while in prison at the Dimitrovgrad prison.
Consensus
- A French mathematical journal published a paper by Azat Miftakhov while he was imprisoned.
- The paper was written during Miftakhov's incarceration in Dimintrovgrad.
- The paper is titled 'The Chui Hypothesis in a Hilbert Space'.
- The publication was facilitated by French mathematician Bernard Randé.
- Randé sent Miftakhov a modified version of an unsolved mathematical problem.
- Miftakhov worked on the paper for about four months without internet or access to scientific literature.
- Miftakhov claimed to have solved the problem and obtained a more general result.
- Randé helped prepare the paper for publication in French.
- This is at least the third scientific publication by Miftakhov after his arrest.
- Miftakhov is a former PhD student at Moscow State University and an anarchist.
- Miftakhov was sentenced in 2019 for preparing an attack on a United Russia office and later in 2023 for 'justifying terrorism'.
- Miftakhov has been held in the 'Polar Owl' colony since April 2026.
Points of divergence
- The article was the first author's publication in the June–August 2026 issue of RMS. — tg_doxajournal
- The journal Revue de la filière mathématique was founded in 1890 and is published quarterly. — meduza
- Miftakhov was re-sentenced to 4 years in September 2023 immediately after release. — tg_radiosvoboda
- The University of Pisa officially invited Miftakhov to present his results at a seminar in April 2027. — tg_theinsider
- In May 2026, Miftakhov reported being tortured by prison staff and two inmates at 'Polar Owl' colony, and identified Pavel Kiselev, an FSB employee, as one of the perpetrators. — tg_doxajournal
- Miftakhov's 2020 paper was co-authored with Sergey Berezin, and his 2021 paper was published in Rivista di Matematica dell'Università di Parma. — tg_theinsider
Coverage (4 sources)
- French mathematical journal published work by Azat Miftakhov, written in prison — DOXA
- French scientific journal published article by mathematician Azat Miftakhov, who is in a Russian colony — Meduza
- French mathematical journal Revue de la filière mathématiques (RM) published scientific article by Azat Miftakhov... — Радио Свобода
- Scientific work of political prisoner mathematician Azat Miftakhov, written in prison, published by French mathematical... — The Insider
Key entities
- Azat Miftakhov
- RMS
- Dimitrovgrad
- French
- Free Azat
- French Scientific Journal
- Revue de la filière mathématique