Abstract:
The article is devoted to the life and scientific and pedagogical activity of the famous mathematician, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, professor Alexander Vasilevich Malyshev (1928–1993) in connection with the 90th anniversary of his birth.
It first provides brief biographical information from his life.
The main part of our work is devoted to the achievements of A. V. Malyshev in number theory and scientific-pedagogical and editorial-publishing activities.
Keywords:Alexander Vasilevich Malyshev, number theory, quadratic forms, discrete ergodic method, geometry of numbers.