Aleksei Pogorelov
Aleksei Pogorelov | |
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Алексей Васильевич Погорелов | |
| Born | 3 March 1919 |
| Died | 17 December 2002 (aged 83) |
| Alma mater | Kharkiv University |
| Known for | Pogorelov's uniqueness theorem Pogolerov's theorem Alexandrov–Pogorelov theorem |
| Awards | Stalin Prize (1950) Lobachevsky Prize (1959) Lenin Prize (1962) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Kharkiv University Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering Steklov Institute of Mathematics |
| Academic advisors | Nikolai Yefimov Aleksandr Aleksandrov |
Aleksei Vasilyevich Pogorelov (Russian: Алексе́й Васи́льевич Погоре́лов, Ukrainian: Олексі́й Васи́льович Погорє́лов; 3 March 1919 – 17 December 2002), was a Soviet mathematician. Specialist in the field of convex and differential geometry, geometric PDEs and elastic shells theory, the author of novel school textbooks on geometry and university textbooks on analytical geometry, on differential geometry, and on the foundations of geometry.
Pogorelov's uniqueness theorem and the Alexandrov–Pogorelov theorem are named after him.