Olga Oleinik
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Olga Arsenievna Oleinik (also as Oleĭnik) HFRSE (Russian: О́льга Арсе́ньевна Оле́йник) (2 July 1925 – 13 October 2001) 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. She studied and worked at the Moscow State University.
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Olga Arsenievna Oleinik | |
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![]() Olga Arsenievna Oleinik in Nice, 1970 | |
Born | (1925-07-02)2 July 1925 |
Died | 13 October 2001(2001-10-13) (aged 76) Moscow, Russia |
Nationality | Soviet |
Alma mater | Moscow State University, 1954 (PhD) |
Known for | Theory of elasticity, partial differential equations, boundary layer theory, weak solutions of nonlinear differential equations |
Awards | 1952 Chebotarev Prize, 1988 USSR State Prize, 1995 Petrowsky Prize, Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
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Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Moscow State University |
Doctoral advisor | Ivan Petrovsky |
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She received many prizes for her remarkable contributions: the Chebotarev Prize in 1952; the State Prize 1988; the Petrowsky Prize in 1995; and the Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1995. Also she was member of several foreign academies of sciences, and earned several honorary degrees.