Mikhail Ostrogradsky

Also known as Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Mikhail Vasilyevich Ostrogradsky

Ukrainian mathematician (1801–1861)

Key facts

Born: ( 1801-09-24 ) 24 September 1801, Pashennaya , Kobelyaksky Uyezd , Poltava Governorate , Russian Empire ; now Kremenchuk Raion , Poltava Oblast , Ukraine
Died: 1 January 1862 (1862-01-01) (aged 60), Poltava
Citizenship: Russian Empire
Alma mater: University of Kharkiv , University of Paris
Known for: Ostrogradsky instability , Divergence theorem
Fields: Mathematics

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Instance of: human
Given name: Mikhail
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russian Empire
Place of birth: Pashenivka
Place of death: Poltava
Occupation: university teacher
Languages spoken: French
Award: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Doctoral advisor: Augustin-Louis Cauchy
Student of: Ivan Kotliarevskyi
Doctoral student: Nikolai Brashman
Image: PGRS 2 069 Ostrogradski - crop.jpg

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date of death: 1862-01-01
date of birth: 1801-09-24
Commons category: Mikhail Ostrogradsky
name in native language: Михайло Васильович Остроградський
place of burial: Pashenivka
ethnic group: Ukrainians
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
civil rank: State Councillor
birth name: Михайло Васильович Остроградський
lifestyle: spiritism
member of: Academy of Sciences of Turin

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Encyclopedic overview

Mikhail Vasilyevich Ostrogradsky (Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Острогра́дский; 24 September 1801 – 1 January 1862), also known as Mykhailo Vasyliovych Ostrohradskyi (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Васи́льович Острогра́дський), was a Russian Imperial mathematician, mechanician, and physicist of Zaporozhian Cossacks ancestry. Ostrogradsky was a student of Timofei Osipovsky and is considered to be a disciple of Leonhard Euler, who was known as one of the leading mathematicians of Imperial Russia.

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