Famous scientists

OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD OF
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Ivan I. Danylyuk🔗
(03.12.1931 – 05.11.1988)

Academician of the AS of Ukraine, in 1965-1974 Director of the IAMM of the AS of Ukraine, in 1975-1988 Head of the Department of Equations of Mathematical Physics of the IAMM of the AS of Ukraine

Ivan Danylyuk developed the theoretical-functional method and the method of integral functionals with a variable integration domain, on the basis of which a model of the quasi-stationary Stefan problem was created, which is important in technological processes.

Yaroslav B. Lopatyns’kyy🔗
(09.11.1906 – 10.03.1981)

Academician of the AS of Ukraine, in 1966-1981 Head of the Department of Partial Differential Equations of the IAMM of the AS of Ukraine

Yaroslav Lopatyns’kyy obtained an exact algebraic condition for reducing the general boundary value problem for linear elliptic systems to a regular system of Fredholm-type integral equations.

Ihor V. Skrypnyk🔗
(13.11.1940 – 02.02.2005)

Academician of the NAS of Ukraine, Academician-Secretary of the Department of Mathematics of the NAS of Ukraine, Deputy Head of the Donetsk Scientific Center, Director of IAMM of the NAS of Ukraine in 1977-2005

Ihor Skrypnik developed a theory of qualitative properties for solutions of nonlinear elliptic boundary value problems and found an exact condition for the regularity of weak solutions of quasilinear elliptic equations of high order.

Borys V. Bazaliy🔗
(15.04.1938 – 24.08.2012)

Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Equations of Mathematical Physics of the IAMM of the NAS of Ukraine in 1988-2003

Borys Bazaliy proposed a new method for studying the multidimensional Stefan problem, which was used to prove the classical solvability of many boundary value problems with unknown boundaries – for elliptic and parabolic equations, as well as systems with various types of degeneracy and singularities.

OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD OF
COMPLEX ANALYSIS, CONFORMAL MAPPING THEORY AND APPROXIMATION THEORY

Georgii D. Suvorov🔗
(17.05.1919 – 12.10.1984)

Corresponding member of the AS of Ukraine, in 1966-1984 Head of the Department of Function Theory of the IAMM of the AS of Ukraine

Main works of Grigorii Suvorov are devoted to the study of the properties of conformal and quasi-conformal mappings. He is credited with creating a new method for studying the metric and geometric properties of plane and spatial mappings of various classes.

OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD OF
PROBABILITY THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS

Iosif I. Gikhman🔗
(26.05.1918 – 30.07.1985)

Corresponding member of the AS of Ukraine, in 1965-1985 Head of the Department of Probability Theory of the IPAMM of the AS of Ukraine

Iosif Gichman is one of the founders of the theory of stochastic differential equations. He formulated the general concept of a stochastic differential equation, proved the existence and uniqueness theorems, the differentiability of the solution under initial conditions, and obtained the Kolmogorov equation for the transition probabilities of this solution.

Yuriy M. Linkov
(28.08.1938 – 02.03.2003)

Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, Professor, Head of the Department of Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics at the IAMM of the NAS of Ukraine in 1985-2003

Yuriy Linkov created asymptotic methods for parameter estimation and hypothesis testing based on the asymptotic properties of the likelihood ratio when the observed random process is semimartingale.

Serhiy Ya. Makhno
(02.12.1949 – 21.08.2018)

Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, Head of the Department of Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics at the IAMM of the NAS of Ukraine in 2003-2014

Serhiy Makhno obtained significant results on the limiting behavior of solutions to stochastic differential equations; formulas linking stochastic Ito equations with stochastic equations with local time; conditions for the existence and uniqueness of strong and weak solutions to both stochastic Ito equations and stochastic equations with local time; conditions for the existence and uniqueness of solutions to partial differential equations.

OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD OF
ANALYTICAL MECHANICS

Pavlo V. Kharlamov
(25.06.1924 – 16.03.2001)

Corresponding member of the NAS of Ukraine, Head of the Department of Applied Mechanics at the IAMM of the NAS of Ukaraine in 1965-2001 рр.

In the classical Euler problem on the motion of a heavy solid with a fixed point, as well as in the more general gyrostat problem, Pavlo Kharlamov proposed fundamentally new ideas for analytical (the method of invariant relations) and qualitative (the method of hodographs) studies of problems of solid dynamics.

OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD OF
MATHEMATICAL AND TECHNICAL PROBLEMS OF CYBERNETICS

Anatolii M. Bogomolov
(18.05.1932 – 15.09.1994)

Doctor of Technical Science, Professor, Director of IAMM of the AS of Ukraine in 1973-1977

Anatolii Bogomolov developed the theory of automaton recognition for use in technical diagnostics, developed a number of software control systems in various industries (metallurgy, mechanical engineering, computer manufacturing). 

Valerii M. Tkachenko
(15.02.1946 – 23.07.2018)

Doctor of Technical Science, Professor, Head of the Department of the Theory of Control Systems at the IAMM of the NAS of Ukraine in 2002-2018

Valerii Tkachenko developed mathematical models of heat and mass transfer processes, created algorithms for their identification, optimisation and control; developed mathematical models related to technological processes of heat treatment of materials; proposed methods and algorithms for solving problems of identifying distributed parameters of external heat transfer under linear and nonlinear boundary conditions; developed algorithms for simulation modelling of thermal processes.

Valerii A. Kozlovskii
(26.01.1950 – 01.04.2011)

Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, Head of the Laboratory of Discrete Mathematics and Applied Algebra, Department of the Theory of Control Systems, at the IAMM of the NAS of Ukraine in 2003-2011

Valerii Kozlovskii proved characterisation theorems and obtained metric estimates of the complexity of the problems of recognising automata representations, and investigated the influence of algebraic properties of automata on the structure of experiments with them.