About Vladimir Smirnov
Lived 1887 – 1974 (aged 86). Vladimir Smirnov was a Russian scientist, university teacher, statistician and mathematician.
Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov (; 10 June 1887 – 11 February 1974) was a Soviet mathematician who made significant contributions in both pure and applied mathematics, and also in the history of mathematics.
Smirnov worked on diverse areas of mathematics, such as complex functions and conjugate functions in Euclidean spaces. In the applied field his work includes the propagation of waves in elastic media with plane boundaries (with Sergei Sobolev) and the oscillations of elastic spheres. His pioneering approach to solving the initial-boundary value problem to the wave equation
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Who was Vladimir Smirnov?
Russian mathematician (1887-1974)
When was Vladimir Smirnov born?
Vladimir Smirnov was born on 29 May 1887 in Saint Petersburg.
When did Vladimir Smirnov die?
Vladimir Smirnov died on 11 February 1974 in Saint Petersburg.
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Vladimir Smirnov was a scientist, university teacher, statistician and mathematician.
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Vladimir Smirnov was Russian.
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