Editing Pyotr Novikov (section)

{{Short description|Soviet mathematician (1901–1975)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Pyotr Novikov
| native_name       = Пётр Но́виков
| native_name_lang  = ru
| image             = PSNovikov.jpg
| image_size        = 
| caption           = Novikov
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|df=y|1901|08|15}}
| birth_place       = [[Moscow]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date        = {{death date and age|df=yes|1975|1|9|1901|8|15}}
| death_place       = Moscow, [[Soviet Union]]
| nationality       = 
| fields            = [[Mathematics]]
| workplaces        = [[Steklov Institute of Mathematics]]{{br}}[[Moscow State Teachers Training Institute]]{{br}}[[Moscow D. Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology]]
| alma_mater        = [[Moscow University]]
| doctoral_advisor  = 
| doctoral_students = [[Sergei Adian]]{{br}}[[Albert Muchnik]]
| known_for         = [[Novikov–Boone theorem]]
| awards            = 
| spouse            = [[Lyudmila Keldysh]]
| children          = [[Sergei Novikov (mathematician)|Sergei Novikov]]
}}
{{family name hatnote|Sergeyevich|Novikov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
'''Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov'''{{efn|His name was also romanized as '''Petr Sergeevich Novikov'''.<ref name="MacTutor1"/> }} ({{langx|ru|Пётр Серге́евич Но́виков}}; 15 August 1901, [[Moscow]] – 9 January 1975, Moscow) was a Soviet [[mathematician]] known for his work in [[group theory]]. His son, [[Sergei Novikov (mathematician)|Sergei Novikov]], was also a mathematician.