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According to Anatoly Vershik, those problems were given to "undesireables", including of course Jewish candidates (but not just): http://www.3038.org/press/vers
by snotrockets 5y ago
According to Anatoly Vershik, those problems were given to "undesireables", including of course Jewish candidates (but not just): http://www.3038.org/press/vershik.pdf http://www.3038.org/press/vershik.pdf
Alexander Shen also writes about the discrimination in acceptance to Mekh-mat: http://3038.org/press/shen.pdf http://3038.org/press/shen.pdf
- pandaman 5y agoI don't know these people but I had graduated from one of these departments and get my information from classmates and my own experience (I got 4-5, the reason I could solve such a problem is that I grinded a lot). PS. These people you mentioned are from the St. Petersburg uni, where I have never been, it could be different there. I can only speak for the Moscow.