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Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya was a Russian mathematician who worked on partial differential equations, fluid dynamics, and the finite-difference method for the Navier–Stokes equations. She received the Lomonosov Gold Medal in 2002. She authored more than two hundred scientific publications, including six monographs.
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Born 7 March 1922 · Died 12 January 2004 · Q450269
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The "Ladyzhenskaya Prize in Mathematical Physics" is created in her honor
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Died 2004-01-12.
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Won Lomonosov Gold Medal (2002).
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Awarded Order of Friendship (1999).
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Awarded John von Neumann Prize (1998).
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Awarded Kovalevskaya Prize (1992).
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Career landmark: chairperson (1990–1998).
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Awarded USSR State Prize (1969).
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Won PL Chebyshev Gold Medal (1966).
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Joined the mathematical physics laboratory of the Steklov Institute and became its head in 1961
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And defended her PhD there, in 1951, under Sergei Sobolev and Vladimir Smirnov
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Studied at Saint Petersburg State University (1947–1949).
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Studied at MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics (1943–1947).
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Studied at Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute M.N. Pokrovsky (1939–1941).
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Unlike her older sisters who weren't permitted to do the same
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Her father, Aleksandr Ivanovich Ladýzhenski, was arrested by the NKVD and executed as an "enemy of the people"
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Born 1922-03-07.
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