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In mechanics and mathematics, investigators have worked on theory 
of optimal control and kinetics of servo systems, theory of fluctuations, 
computational methods, elasticity and plasticity, behavior of plates and 
Shells, gas flow at supersonic speeds, fluid flow, and aerodynamics. In the 
University's computing center, the staff is interested in computer applica- 
tions to electrodynamics problems, numerical weather prediction, gas-dynamics 
problems, automatic programming, and numerical analysis. Of current interest 
also is analog to digital conversion, and vice versa. The Statistical Lab- 
oratory, headed by A. N. Kolmogorov, covers problems of mathematical sta- 
tistics, probability theory, and deviations of the earth's axis in rotation. 
Associated with the University is a Scientific-Research Institute of 
Mechanics. 
In geophysics, geography, and geology, researchers are interested 
in regional planning, ore examination, model seismology, geodesy, gravity 
anomalies, and aerial-photography techniques. The staff continuously com- 
piles atlases of mineral-raw-material deposits. 
The philology faculty has worked on linguistic problems in machine 
translation. An Institute for Eastern Languages is associated with the 
University. 
There is an Institute for Improving the Qualifications of Social- 
Seience Teachers at the University. 
One of the most impressive facilities at the University is the 
Science Library imeni M. A. Gor'kiy, the oldest scientific library in the 
Soviet Union, which was established in 1796. In addition to housing 5,500,000 
volumes, it is responsible for providing complete bibliographic service to 
the staff and students of the University. 
The University has about 250 laboratories. Many of them concen- 
trate on a particular field of research, such as the Antarctic Laboratory, 
the Low-Temperature Laboratory, the Laboratory of Magnetism, the Laboratory 
of Molecular Physics, headed by A. S. Predvoditelev, the Motion-Picture 
Laboratory, the Laboratory for Optical Methods of Research on Stresses, the 
Spectral Laboratory, the Laboratory of Snow and Ice, the Laboratory of 
Paleogeography, the Soils Laboratory, the Geochemistry of Landscapes Labor- 
atory, the Aerial-Photographic=-Methods Laboratory, and the Cartography 
Laboratory. 
Courses of study and further information about MGU may be obtained 
from "The Handbook for Persons Entering MGU" (Spravochnik dlya Postupayus- 
chikh v MGU), edited by K. I. Ivanova, Moscow, 1961. 
It publishes a Uchenyye Zapiski and Vestnik in the ten series: 
Biology, Soil Science, Physics, Astronomy, Geology, Surgery, Mathematics, 
Mechanics, Geography, History, Law, Philology, Journalism, Economics, and 
Philosophy. 
