Mikhail Kravchuk

Mikhail Filippovich Kravchuk
Born	September 27, 1892(1892-09-27) Chovnitsy, Volyn Governorate (today Ukraine)
Died	March 9, 1942(1942-03-09) (aged 49) Kolyma, Soviet Union
Nationality	Ukrainian
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	Kiev Polytechnic Institute
Alma mater	University of Kiev
Doctoral advisor	Dmitry Grave
Doctoral students	Sergey Korolev Vladimir Chelomei
Known for	Kravchuk polynomials, Kravchuk matrix

Mikhail Filippovich Kravchuk, also Krawtchouk (Ukrainian: Михаи́л Фили́ппович Кравчу́к) (September 27, 1892, Chovnitsy, Volyn Governorate – March 9, 1942, Kolyma) was a Ukrainian mathematician who, despite his early death, was the author of around 180 articles on mathematics.

He primarily wrote papers on differential equations and integral equations, studying both their theory and applications. His two-volume monograph on the solution of linear differential and integral equations by the method of moments was translated circa 1938-1942 by John Vincent Atanasoff who found this work useful in his computer-project (Atanasoff–Berry Computer).

Kravchuk held a mathematics chair at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute. His students included Sergey Korolev, Arkhip Lyulka, and Vladimir Chelomei, future leading rocket and jet engine designers. Kravchuk was arrested by the Soviet secret police on February 23, 1938 on fabricated political and spying charges. He was sentenced to 20 years of prison in September 1938. Kravchuk died in a Gulag camp in the Kolyma region on March 9, 1942.

He was restored as a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in 1992. He is the eponym of the Kravchuk polynomials and Kravchuk matrix.

External links

• Mikhail Kravchuk at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
• MacTutor biography
• Biography page(this uses the transliteration Mikhail Krawtchouk, which is phonetic for Francophones, and under which he published work)
• Ukrainian biographical website
• Krawtchouk Polynomials Home Page
• I. Katchanovski, Krawtchouk's Mind Biographical article
• Video about Mykhailo Pylypovych Kravchuk
• S. Hrabovsy, Mykhailo Kravchuk, a mathematician, patriot and precursor of computers, Welcome to Ukraine, 4, 2003
• N. Virchenko, Life and death of Mykhailo Kravchuk, a brilliant mathematician, Welcome to Ukraine, 2, 2008

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Name	Kravchuk, Mikhail
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Date of birth	September 27, 1892
Place of birth	Chovnitsy, Volyn Governorate (today Ukraine)
Date of death	March 9, 1942
Place of death	Kolyma, Soviet Union