- Vladimir Steklov
Vladimir Andreevich Steklov (
January 9 ,1864 –May 30 ,1926 ) was a Soviet/Russianmathematician , mechanician andphysicist .Steklov was born in
Nizhny Novgorod ,Russia . In 1887, he graduated fromKharkov University , where he was a student ofAleksandr 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 Kharkov technological institute. From 1906 he worked at Petersburg University. In 1921 he petitioned for creation of Institute of Physics and Mathematics. Upon his death the institute was named after him. The Mathematics Department split from the Institute in 1934. It's now known asSteklov Institute of Mathematics .Steklov's primary scientific contribution is in the area of orthogonal functional sets. He introduced a class of closed orthogonal sets; developed asymptotic
Liouville-Steklov's method fororthogonal polynomials ; proved theorems ongeneralized Fourier series . Steklov developed approximation technique later namedSteklov function . He also worked onhydrodynamics and theory of elasticity.Steklov wrote a number of works on history of science.
Steklov died in Gaspra,
Crimea ,USSR (nowUkraine ). He was interred inSaint Petersburg , Russia.ee also
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