Mikhail Lavrentyev

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Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentyev (or Lavrentiev, Russian: Михаи́л Алексе́евич Лавре́нтьев) (November 19, 1900 – October 15, 1980) was a Soviet mathematician and hydrodynamicist.

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Mikhail Lavrentyev
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Mikhail A. Lavrentyev
Born(1900-11-19)November 19, 1900
Kazan, Russian Empire
DiedOctober 15, 1980(1980-10-15) (aged 79)
Moscow, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet
Alma materMoscow State University
AwardsLomonosov Gold Medal (1977)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsMoscow State University
Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Doctoral advisorNikolai Luzin
Doctoral studentsMstislav Keldysh
Aleksei Markushevich
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