Ivan Petrovsky
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Ivan Georgievich Petrovsky, also Petrovskii (18 January 1901, Sevsk
– 15 January 1973, Moscow
) was a Soviet mathematician
in the field of partial differential equations, and studied Petrovsky lacuna
s. He greatly contributed to solution of Hilbert
's 19th
and 16th
problems. He also worked on the boundary value problem
, probability
, and topology
of algebraic curve
s and surfaces
.
Petrovsky was a student of Dmitri Egorov
. Among his students were Olga Ladyzhenskaya
, Yevgeniy Landis
, Olga Oleinik
and Sergei Godunov
.
Petrovsky taught at Steklov Institute of Mathematics
. He was a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences since 1946 and was awarded Hero of Socialist Labor
in 1969. He was the president of Moscow State University
(1951 — 1973) and the head of the International Congress of Mathematicians
(Moscow
, 1966). He is buried in the cemetery of the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow.
Sevsk
Sevsk is a town in Sevsky District of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sev River , away from Bryansk. Population: -History:...
– 15 January 1973, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
) was a Soviet mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
in the field of partial differential equations, and studied Petrovsky lacuna
Petrovsky lacuna
In mathematics, a Petrovsky lacuna, named for the Russian mathematician I. G. Petrovsky, is a region where the fundamental solution of a linear hyperbolic partial differential equation vanishes....
s. He greatly contributed to solution of Hilbert
David Hilbert
David Hilbert was a German mathematician. He is recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Hilbert discovered and developed a broad range of fundamental ideas in many areas, including invariant theory and the axiomatization of...
's 19th
Hilbert's nineteenth problem
Hilbert's nineteenth problem is one of the 23 Hilbert problems set out in a celebrated list compiled in 1900 by David Hilbert. It asks whether the solutions of regular problems in the calculus of variations are always analytic.-History:...
and 16th
Hilbert's sixteenth problem
Hilbert's 16th problem was posed by David Hilbert at the Paris conference of the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1900, together with the other 22 problems....
problems. He also worked on the boundary value problem
Boundary value problem
In mathematics, in the field of differential equations, a boundary value problem is a differential equation together with a set of additional restraints, called the boundary conditions...
, probability
Probability
Probability is ordinarily used to describe an attitude of mind towards some proposition of whose truth we arenot certain. The proposition of interest is usually of the form "Will a specific event occur?" The attitude of mind is of the form "How certain are we that the event will occur?" The...
, and topology
Topology
Topology is a major area of mathematics concerned with properties that are preserved under continuous deformations of objects, such as deformations that involve stretching, but no tearing or gluing...
of algebraic curve
Algebraic curve
In algebraic geometry, an algebraic curve is an algebraic variety of dimension one. The theory of these curves in general was quite fully developed in the nineteenth century, after many particular examples had been considered, starting with circles and other conic sections.- Plane algebraic curves...
s and surfaces
Algebraic surface
In mathematics, an algebraic surface is an algebraic variety of dimension two. In the case of geometry over the field of complex numbers, an algebraic surface has complex dimension two and so of dimension four as a smooth manifold.The theory of algebraic surfaces is much more complicated than that...
.
Petrovsky was a student of Dmitri Egorov
Dmitri Egorov
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. Among his students were Olga Ladyzhenskaya
Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya
Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya was a Soviet and Russian mathematician. She was known for her work on partial differential equations and fluid dynamics...
, Yevgeniy Landis
Yevgeniy Landis
Evgenii Mikhailovich Landis was a Soviet mathematician who worked mainly on partial differential equations.-Life:Landis was born in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He studied and worked at the Moscow State University, where his advisor was Alexander Kronrod, and later Ivan Petrovsky...
, Olga Oleinik
Olga Arsenievna Oleinik
Olga Arsenievna Oleinik was a Soviet mathematician who conducted pioneering work on the theory of partial differential equations, the theory of strongly inhomogeneous elastic media, and the mathematical theory of boundary layers. She was a student of Ivan Petrovsky...
and Sergei Godunov
Sergei K. Godunov
Sergei Konstantinovich Godunov is professor at the Sobolev Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk, Russia....
.
Petrovsky taught at Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Steklov Institute of Mathematics or Steklov Mathematical Institute is a research institute based in Moscow, specialized in mathematics, and a part of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It was established April 24, 1934 by the decision of the General Assembly of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in...
. He was a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences since 1946 and was awarded Hero of Socialist Labor
Hero of Socialist Labor
Hero of Socialist Labour was an honorary title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture...
in 1969. He was the president of Moscow State University
Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...
(1951 — 1973) and the head of the International Congress of Mathematicians
International Congress of Mathematicians
The International Congress of Mathematicians is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted by the International Mathematical Union ....
(Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, 1966). He is buried in the cemetery of the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow.
External links
- Short Biography of Petrowsky – from the Moscow Mathematical JournalMoscow Mathematical JournalThe Moscow Mathematical Journal, often referred to by its acronym MMJ, is a mathematics journal published quarterly by the Independent University of Moscow and distributed by the American Mathematical Society.Managing Editors:...