Landau was a mathematician of encyclopaedic knowledge of the literature in his special areas of expertise, meticulous to a fault, and always devoted to finding the simplest possible result.
Landau ay isang dalub-agbilang ensiklopediko ng kaalaman ng literatura sa kanyang espesyal na lugar ng kadalubhasaan, mag-igi sa-sala, at palaging tapat sa paghahanap ng pinakasimpleng posibleng resulta.