Olga Ladyzhenskaya
Russian mathematician (1922–2004) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya (Russian: Ольга Александровна Ладыженская; 7 March 1922 – 12 January 2004) was a Russian mathematician who worked on partial differential equations, fluid dynamics, and the finite-difference method for the Navier–Stokes equations. She received the Lomonosov Gold Medal in 2002. She authored more than two hundred scientific publications, including six monographs.
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Olga Ladyzhenskaya | |
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Ольга Ладыженская | |
Born | Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya (1922-03-07)7 March 1922 |
Died | 12 January 2004(2004-01-12) (aged 81) |
Nationality | Soviet–Russian |
Alma mater | Moscow University |
Known for | Finite difference method for the Navier–Stokes equations Hilbert's nineteenth problem Ladyzhenskaya–Babuška–Brezzi condition Ladyzhenskaya's inequality |
Awards | Lomonosov Gold Medal (2002) John von Neumann Prize (1998) Noether Lecture (1994) Kovalevskaya Prize (1992) USSR State Prize (1969) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Partial differential equations |
Institutions | Saint Petersburg University |
Doctoral advisor | Ivan Petrovsky Sergei Sobolev |
Notable students | Nina Uraltseva Ludvig Faddeev Vladimir Buslaev |
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