Ostrogradski

Mikhail Vasilevich Ostrogradski

Born: 24 Sept 1801 in Pashennaya (now Poltava oblast), Ukraine
Died: 1 Jan 1862 in Poltava (now Ukraine)

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Ostrogradski studied in Paris in the 1820's then went to St Petersburg. He made important contributions to partial differential equations, elasticity and to algebra.

He worked in complex variable theory and potential theory. Then, in 1840, he wrote on ballistics introducing the topic to Russia.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. Y L Geronimus, Mikhail Vasilevich Ostrogradski, Essays on the Works of the Leading Figures in Russian Mechanics (Moscow, 1952), 13-57.
  3. A P Youschkevitch, Michel Ostrogradski et le progres de la science au XIXe siecle (Paris, 1966). 
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