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Mikhail Ostrogradsky
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Ukrainian mathematician (1801–1861)
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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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Wikidata facts
- 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
- 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.
Life
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