March 7th 1922 - January 12th 2004
Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya was a Russian mathematician known for her work on partial differential equations (especially Hilbert's 19th problem) and fluid dynamics.
In her youth, Ladyzhenskaya's father had been arrested and killed as an "enemy of the state" and Ladyzhenskaya was forbidden from going to university. It was only after Stalin's death that she was able to present her doctoral thesis and be awarded her degree.
She was awarded the Lomonosov Gold Medal in 2002 for outstanding achievements in mathematics.
Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya was a Russian mathematician known for her work on partial differential equations (especially Hilbert's 19th problem) and fluid dynamics.
In her youth, Ladyzhenskaya's father had been arrested and killed as an "enemy of the state" and Ladyzhenskaya was forbidden from going to university. It was only after Stalin's death that she was able to present her doctoral thesis and be awarded her degree.
She was awarded the Lomonosov Gold Medal in 2002 for outstanding achievements in mathematics.