Ways of development of mathematical analysis at Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University (to the 70th anniversary of the formation of the Department of Mathematical Analysis)

In the fall of 1938, the Tula State Pedagogical Institute (later renamed the L. N. Tolstoy Tula State Pedagogical University) was organized. The staff of the institute consisted of invited teachers from other cities. This circumstance determined the entire educational process, since the disciplines were read in compressed blocks and in a short time. One of the three faculties was physics and mathematics with the only department of mathematics and physics. In the fall of 1939, the faculty managed to invite young scientists-mathematicians, specialists in the field of mathematical analysis and differential equations. They were the spouses P. V. Soloviev and V. M. Gushchina. Both of them - natives of the Tula region, received their education and defended their PhD theses in Moscow. P. V. Soloviev had good scientific results and as a scientist could have created a school of mathematical analysis at the faculty, but in 1941 the war broke out, and he volunteered for the front, where he died in 1943. In 1950, two mathematical departments were separated from the Department of Mathematics and Physics, one of which was the Department of Mathematical Analysis. The first head of the Department of Mathematical Analysis was Professor S. P. Sluginov, who was in Tula on visits from Moscow, and the staff of the department consisted of 8 people. In June 1951, the department was headed by a well-known scientist in the field of the theory of functions, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor V. I. Levin. The formation of postgraduate studies at the department and faculty is associated with his name. The first graduate of the department's postgraduate studies, who successfully defended her thesis for the degree of candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, was S. N. Levina, a student of Professor V. I. Levin. The students of Professor V. I. Levin were many graduates of TSPU named after L. N. Tolstoy, who later worked at the department. In the 1960s, the scientific and pedagogical component of the Department of Mathematical Analysis was strengthened: associate professors V. I. Antropova (1964), V. I. Rybakov (1969) and A. S. Simonov (1971). Over the years, among the teachers of the department there were first-class specialists who left a noticeable mark in mathematics, but the department achieved the greatest success in the 1970s-80s. This was due to the provision of highly qualified personnel. The article traces the development of mathematical analysis at the faculty through the history of the department, as well as through the activities of its heads and teachers.