Aleksei Pogorelov
Aleksei Vasilyevich Pogorelov (Russian: Алексе́й Васи́льевич Погоре́лов, Ukrainian: Олексі́й Васи́льович Погорє́лов; 3 March 1919 – 17 December 2002), was a Soviet mathematician. Specialist in the field of convex and differential geometry, geometric PDEs and elastic shells theory, the author of the novel school textbook on geometry and university textbooks on analytical geometry, on differential geometry, and on foundations of geometry.
Aleksei Pogorelov | |
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Алексей Васильевич Погорелов | |
| Born | 3 March 1919 Korocha, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 17 December 2002 (aged 83) Moscow, Russia |
| Alma mater | Kharkiv University |
| Known for | Pogorelov's uniqueness theorem Pogolerov's theorem Alexandrov–Pogorelov theorem |
| Awards | Stalin Prize (1950) Lobachevsky Prize (1959) Lenin Prize (1962) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Kharkiv University Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering Steklov Institute of Mathematics |
| Academic advisors | Nikolai Yefimov Aleksandr Aleksandrov |
Pogorelov's uniqueness theorem and the Alexandrov–Pogorelov theorem are named after him.
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