In memoriam Yurii Fedorovich Smirnov: Some personal reminiscences on a great physicist

Abstract

Yurii Fedorovich Smirnov (1935-2008 was a famous theoretical physicist. He achieved his career mainly at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of Moscow. These notes describe some particular facets of the contributions of the late Professor Smirnov in theoretical physics and mathematical physics. They also relate some personal reminiscences on Yurii Smirnov in connection with some of his numerous works.