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Vladimir A. Steklov
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Born (1864-01-09)9 January 1864
Died 30 May 1926(1926-05-30) (aged 62)
Nationality Soviet/Russian
Alma mater Kharkov University
Known for Poincaré–Steklov operator
Scientific career
Fields Applied mathematics
Institutions Kharkov University
Doctoral advisor Aleksandr Lyapunov
Doctoral students Vladimir Smirnov

Vladimir Andreevich Steklov (Russian: Влади́мир Андре́евич Стекло́в; 9 January 1864 – 30 May 1926) was a prominent Russian and Soviet mathematician, mechanician and physicist.

Biography

Steklov was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. In 1887, he graduated from the Kharkov University, where he was a student of Aleksandr Lyapunov. In 1889–1906, he worked at the Department of Mechanics of this university. He became a full professor in 1896. During 1893–1905, he also taught theoretical mechanics in the Kharkov Polytechnical Institute (now known as Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute). In 1906, he started working at Petersburg University. In 1921, he petitioned for the creation of the Institute of Physics and Mathematics. Upon his death, the institute was named after him. The Mathematics Department split from the Institute in 1934. It is now known as Steklov Institute of Mathematics. A lunar impact crater is also named after him.

Steklov wrote a number of works on the history of science. He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1924 in Toronto. In 1926, he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Steklov died in Gaspra, Crimea, USSR. He was interred in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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