Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina

Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina

Pelageya Yakovlevna Polubarinova-Kochina (Russian: Пелагея Яковлевна Полубаринова-Кочина; May 13, 1899 – July 3, 1999) was a Soviet applied mathematician, known for her work on fluid mechanics and hydrodynamics, particularly, the application of Fuchsian equations, as well in the history of mathematics. She was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR the (Russian Academy of Sciences since 1991) in 1946 and full member (academician) in 1958.

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