Solomon Grigor'evich Mikhlin | |
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![]() Solomon Grigor'evich Mikhlin | |
Born | 23 April 1908 |
Died | 29 August 1990[1] Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad) | (aged 82)
Nationality | Soviet |
Alma mater | Leningrad University (1929) |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics and mechanics |
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Academic advisors | Vladimir Smirnov, Leningrad University, master thesis |
Doctoral students | see the teaching activity section |
Other notable students | Vladimir Maz'ya |
Solomon Grigor'evich Mikhlin (Russian: Соломо́н Григо́рьевич Ми́хлин, real name Zalman Girshevich Mikhlin) (the family name is also transliterated as Mihlin or Michlin) (23 April 1908 – 29 August 1990[1]) was a Soviet mathematician of who worked in the fields of linear elasticity, singular integrals and numerical analysis: he is best known for the introduction of the symbol of a singular integral operator, which eventually led to the foundation and development of the theory of pseudodifferential operators.[2]