Name Sergey Nikolsky | Role Mathematician Fields Mathematics | |
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Born Sergey Mikhailovich Nikolsky
30 April 1905
Talitsa, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire ( 1905-04-30 ) Institutions Moscow State University
Dnipropetrovsk National University
Steklov Institute of Mathematics
MIPT Alma mater Dnipropetrovsk National University Died November 9, 2012, Moscow, Russia Education Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University Books Function theory and differential equations Parents Mikhail Nikolsky, Lyudmila Fyodorova Similar People Andrey Kolmogorov, Vladimir Mazya, Vladimir Arnold | ||
Doctoral advisor Andrei Kolmogorov | ||
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Sergey Mikhailovich Nikolsky (Russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Нико́льский; 30 April 1905 – 9 November 2012) was a Russian mathematician. He was born in Talitsa, which was at that time located in Perm Governorate, Russian Empire. He had been an Academician since November 28, 1972. He also had won many scientific awards. At the age of 92 he was still actively giving lectures in Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. In 2005, he was only giving talks at scientific conferences, but was still working in MIPT, at the age of 100.
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He died on 9 November 2012, aged 107.
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Scientific activities
Nikolsky made fundamental contributions to functional analysis, approximation of functions, quadrature formulas, enclosed functional spaces and their applications to variational solutions of partial differential equations. He created a large scientific school of functions' theory and its applications. He authored over 100 scientific publications, including 3 monographs, 2 college textbooks and 7 school textbooks.