Academic career edit

T.O. Shaposhnikova graduated from Leningrad University in 1969.^[2] From 1969 to 1972 she was a graduate student at the same university. In 1973 she was awarded the Kandidat Nauk degree. From 1973 to 1990 she worked in the mathematics departments of a number of technical institutes in Leningrad, first as an assistant and then as an associate professor. She lost her job twice because of her contacts with active dissidents,^[3] thus having to change her employer. She immigrated in Sweden in 1990 with her family.^[4] She has worked as associate professor (universitetslektor) at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Linköping from 1 July 1991 to September 2013, and held a position of full professor at the Department of Mathematics of the Ohio State University, from 2004 to 2008: in 2013-2018 she held a part-time job at the Department of Mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology.

From 2010 to 2016 she was a member of the European Mathematical Society Ethics Committee.^[5] Currently she serves as a member of the editorial boards of the journal Complex variable and Elliptic Equations and of the Eurasian Mathematical Journal.^[6]

Honors edit

In March 2003 Shaposhnikova and Vladimir Maz'ya were awarded the Verdaguer Prize by the French Academy of Sciences^[7] for their work resulting in the first scientific biography of Jacques Hadamard.^[8] In May 2010 she was awarded the Thureus prize by the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala "for her outstanding contribution to the theory of partial differential equations and in particular to the theory of multipliers in function spaces".^[9]

Research activity edit

Shaposhnikova is the author of more than 70 research papers and of four books:^[10] her research mainly belongs to the following fields.

Function spaces edit

From 1979 on,^[11] the theory of multipliers in various spaces of differentiable functions has been the main research theme of her work.^[12] She found conditions for the boundedness of singular integrals and pseudodifferential operators acting between pairs of Sobolev spaces in 1995.^[13] In 1989 she showed that multipliers in Bessel potential spaces are traces of multipliers belonging to a certain class of differentiable functions with a weighted mixed norm.^[14] A large part of her joint work with Vladimir Maz'ya on the theory of multipliers involves their analytic characterization, trace inequalities and relations between traces and extension of multipliers, relations of Sobolev multipliers and other function spaces, maximal subalgebras of multiplier spaces, estimates of their essential norm and compactness of multipliers.^[15]

Linear and non-linear PDEs edit

Based on her researches on the theory of multipliers, T. Shaposhnikova gave various applications of this theory to the study of solutions to second order linear and quasilinear elliptic partial differential equations and systems of such equations: this was a consequence of the fact that, in several cases, such solutions can be considered as multipliers in certain spaces of differentiable functions on a given domain (1986, 1987).^[16] She described the structure of composition operators in spaces of multipliers between Sobolev spaces and gave applications of those results to semilinear elliptic systems of equations (1987).^[17] She also showed that multipliers can be naturally suited to deal with the L_p coercivity of the Neumann problem (1989).^[18] Various other applications of multipliers, for example to the problem of higher regularity in single and double layer potential theory for Lipschitz domains,^[19] to the problem of regularity at the boundary in the L_p-theory of elliptic boundary value problems and to singular integral operators in Sobolev spaces are summarized in the book (Maz'ya & Shaposhnikova 2009).^[20]

History of mathematics edit

Her prize winning book on Jacques Hadamard, coauthored with V. Maz'ya,^[8] was published in 1998 jointly by the American Mathematical Society and the London Mathematical Society. An earlier work on the same subject was written by her jointly with E. Polishchuk (1990).^[21] Her recent activity in this field includes the paper (Shaposhnikova 2005) telling three stories of scientists who were forced to answer a mathematical question under rather trying circumstances.^[22]

Translation and editing activity edit

Shaposhnikova has translated and edited several mathematical monographs: it is worth to note the works by Koshelev et al. (1975) and by Mikhlin (1979), the book on Sobolev spaces by Maz'ya (1985),^[23] and the books by Kresin & Maz'ya (2007) and by Maz'ya & Soloviev (2010). However, her work is not restricted only to the translation of monographs: for example she translated into Russian a play by Lars Gårding, titled "Mathematics, Life and Death",^[24] published the mathematical journal Algebra i Analiz (Алгебра и анализ).

Shaposhnikova began translating fiction while still living in Russia. In the 1970s she translated into Russian "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader",^[25] "The Silver Chair"^[26] and the "Screwtape Letters"^[27] by C. S. Lewis. These translations were impossible to publish due to ideological reasons and were distributed as samizdat:^[10] they first appeared as proper publications only in the mid-1990s, with new reprints appearing regularly.^[28]

In 2005 she began translating Swedish children's books into Russian.^[10] Among them are "Kerstin and I" by Astrid Lindgren,^[29] "Mechanical Santa Claus" by Sven Nordqvist^[30] and two books of the "Loranga" series by Barbro Lindgren.^[31]

• Maz'ya, V. G.; Shaposhnikova, T. O. (1979), "Traces and extensions of multipliers in the space W^l_p", Uspekhi Matematicheskikh Nauk (in Russian), 34 (2 (206)): 205–206, MR 0535721, Zbl 0405.46026.
• Maz'ya, V. G.; Shaposhnikova, T. O. (1985), Theory of multipliers in spaces of differentiable functions, Monographs and Studies in Mathematics, vol. 23, Boston – London – Melbourne: Pitman Publishing Inc., pp. xiii+344, ISBN 978-0-273-08638-3, MR 0785568, Zbl 0645.46031.
• Shaposhnikova, T. O. (1986), "Bounded solutions of elliptic equations as multipliers in spaces of differentiable functions", Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov LOMI (in Russian), 149: 165–176, MR 0849306, Zbl 0601.35023.
• Shaposhnikova, T. O. (1986a), "Multiplicative properties of solutions of elliptic equations", Joint sessions of the Petrovskii Seminar on differential equations and mathematical problems of physics and of the Moscow Mathematical Society (ninth meeting, January 20–23, 1986), Uspekhi Matematicheskikh Nauk (in Russian), vol. 41, p. 209.
• Shaposhnikova, T. O. (1987), "On solvability of quasilinear elliptic equations in spaces of multipliers", Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii. Matematika (in Russian), 31 (8): 74–81, MR 0917617, Zbl 0701.35041.
• Shaposhnikova, T. O. (1987a), "The superposition operator in classes of multipliers of Sobolev spaces", Seminar Analysis (in Russian), 1986–1987: 181–190, MR 0941610, Zbl 0647.47043.
• Shaposhnikova, T. O. (1987b), "On nonlinear differential operators in spaces of multipliers", Joint sessions of the Petrovskii Seminar on differential equations and mathematical problems of physics and of the Moscow Mathematical Society (tenth meeting, 19–22 January 1987), Uspekhi Matematicheskikh Nauk (in Russian), vol. 42, p. 158.
• Shaposhnikova, T. O. (1988), "On coercivity in L_p of the Neumann problem in a domain with nonsmooth boundary", Joint sessions of the Petrovskii Seminar on differential equations and mathematical problems of physics and of the Moscow Mathematical Society (eleventh session, 18–21 January 1988), Uspekhi Matematicheskikh Nauk (in Russian), vol. 42, p. 181.
• Shaposhnikova, T. O. (1989), "Multipliers in Bessel potential spaces as traces of multipliers in weighted classes", Trudy Tbilisskogo Matematicheskogo Instituta A. Razmadze (in Russian), 88: 59–63, MR 1031711, Zbl 0711.42016.
• Shaposhnikova, T. O. (1989a), "Traces of multipliers in the space of Bessel potentials", Matematicheskie Zametki (in Russian), 46 (3): 100–109, MR 1032913, Zbl 0694.46028.
• Shaposhnikova, T. O. (1989b), "Applications of multipliers in Sobolev spaces to L_p–coercivity of the Neumann problem", Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR (in Russian), 305 (4): 786–789, MR 0998033, Zbl 0727.35042.
• Polishchuk, E.; Shaposhnikova, T. (1990), Jacques Hadamard. 1865-1963. (Жак Адамар. 1865-1963.), Nauchno-Bibliograficheskaya Literatura (Научно-библиографическая литература) (in Russian), Leningrad: Nauka, p. 255, ISBN 978-5-02-024506-8, Zbl 0718.01030. An earlier biographic work on Jacques Hadamard written by T. Shaposhnikova jointly with E. Polishchuk.
• Shaposhnikova, T. O. (1995), "On Continuity of Singular Integral Operators in Sobolev Spaces", Mathematica Scandinavica, 76: 85–97, doi:10.7146/math.scand.a-12526, MR 1345090, Zbl 0845.35145.
• Maz'ya, Vladimir; Shaposhnikova, Tatyana (1998), Jacques Hadamard, a Universal Mathematician, History of Mathematics, vol. 14, Providence, RI and London: American Mathematical Society and London Mathematical Society, pp. xxv+574, ISBN 978-0-8218-0841-2, MR 1611073, Zbl 0906.01031. There are also two revised and expanded editions: the French translation Maz'ya, Vladimir; Shaposhnikova, Tatyana (January 2005) [1998], Jacques Hadamard, un mathématicien universel, Sciences & Histoire (in French), Paris: EDP Sciences, p. 554, ISBN 978-2-86883-707-3, and the (further revised and expanded) Russian translation Мазья, В. Г.; Шапошникова, Т. О. (2008) [1998], Жак Адамар Легенда Математики (in Russian), Москва: ИздателЬство МЦНМО, p. 528, ISBN 978-5-94057-083-7
• Shaposhnikova, Tatyana (September 2005), "Three high-stakes math exams", The Mathematical Intelligencer, 27 (3): 44–46, doi:10.1007/BF02985838, MR 2162991, S2CID 123024048, Zbl 1173.01323.
• Maz'ya, Vladimir G.; Shaposhnikova, Tatyana O. (2009) [1985], Theory of Sobolev multipliers. With applications to differential and integral operators, Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaft, vol. 337, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. xiii+609, ISBN 978-3-540-69490-8, MR 2457601, Zbl 1157.46001.
• Shaposhnikova, Tatyana (2010), "Jacques Hadamard – En universell matematiker och renässansmänniska", Årsbok 2010 (in Swedish), Uppsala: Kungl. Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala, pp. 65–72, ISSN 0348-7849. The "Thuréusföredrag hållet vid prisutdelningsceremonin i Gustavianum" i.e. the Thuréus speech prof. T. Shaposhnikova gave on 31 August 2010 on the occasion of the ceremony for the 2010 prizes awarding by the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala. Published in the Society's yearbook, it includes a biography and a description of her research work, which motivated the award: the main theme of the speech though, as the title says (its English translation reads as:-"Jacques Hadamard – A universal mathematician and Renaissance man"), is a biographical sketch of Jacques Hadamard.

• Function space
• Multiplier (operator theory)
• Partial differential equation
• Potential theory
• Sobolev space

Biographical references edit

• European Mathematical Society (2010), The Founding of the Ethics Committee (PDF), retrieved 30 May 2020. The document on the founding of the committee at the Home page of the European Mathematical Society, including a list of the former members.
• French Academy of Sciences (2009), Prix Verdaguer (PDF) (in French), archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2011, retrieved 8 May 2011. A list of the winners of the Verdaguer Prize in PDF format, including short motivations for the awarding.
• Shaposhnikova, Tatyana (24 January 2015), Curriculum vitae of Tatyana Shaposhnikova, Department of Mathematics of the Royal Institute of Technology, retrieved 2 February 2016{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).
• Sundelöf, Lars-Olof (2010), "Presentation av priser och belönigar år 2010", Årsbok 2010 (in Swedish), Uppsala: Kungl. Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala, pp. 37–45, ISSN 0348-7849. The "Presentation of prizes and awards" speech given by the Secretary of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala, written in the "yearbook 2010", on the occasion of the awarding of the Society prizes to prof. T. Shaposhnikova and to other 2010 winners.

References pertaining to her work edit

• Koshelev, A. I.; Krasnosel'skij, M. A.; Mikhlin, S. G.; Rakovshchik, L. S.; Stet'senko, V. Ya.; Zabrejko, P. P. (1975), Integral equations. A reference text, Monographs and Texts on Pure and Applied Mathematics, Leyden, The Netherlands: Noordhoff International Publishing, pp. XIX+443, ISBN 978-90-286-0393-6, Zbl 0293.45001.
• Gårding, Lars (2000), "A philosophical dialog. Mathematics, life, and death", Algebra i Analiz (in Russian), 12 (5): 215–224, MR 1812949, Zbl 1076.00502.
• Gårding, Lars (2001), "A philosophical dialog. Mathematics, life, and death", Algebra i Analiz (in Russian), 13 (3): 229–239, MR 1850196, Zbl 1009.00503.
• Gårding, Lars (2009), "Von Neumann with the Devil", Algebra i Analiz (in Russian), 21 (5): 222–226, MR 2604570, Zbl 1220.00005
• Kresin, Gershon; Maz'ya, Vladimir G. (2007), Sharp Real-Part Theorems. A Unified Approach, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol. 1903, Berlin–Heidelberg–New York City: Springer-Verlag, pp. xvi+140, ISBN 978-3-540-69573-8, MR 2298774, Zbl 1117.30001.
• Lewis, Clive Staples (1991), "Покоритель зари, или Плавание на край света (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)", Хроники Нарнии (The Chronicles of Narnia) (in Russian), Москва: Космополис, pp. 375–482, ISBN 978-5-7008-0015-0.
• Lewis, Clive Staples (1991a), "Серебряное кресло (The Silver Chair)", Хроники Нарнии (The Chronicles of Narnia) (in Russian), Москва: Космополис, pp. 483–580, ISBN 978-5-7008-0015-0.
• Lewis, Clive Staples (1991b), Письма Баламута (The Screwtape Letters) (in Russian), Москва: Гнозис Прогресс, p. 432, ISBN 978-5-01-003665-2.
• Lindgren, Astrid (2008), Черстин и я (Kerstin and I), Внеклассное чтение (in Russian), Москва: АСТ: Астрель, p. 192, ISBN 978-5-17-053236-0.
• Lindgren, Barbro (2009), Лоранга, Мазарин и Дартаньян (Loranga, Mazarin and D'Artagnan) (in Russian), Москва: Самокат, p. 144, ISBN 978-5-902326-71-7.
• Maz'ya, Vladimir G. (1985), Sobolev Spaces, Berlin–Heidelberg–New York City: Springer-Verlag, pp. xix+486, ISBN 978-3-540-13589-0, MR 0817985, Zbl 0692.46023 (also published with ISBN 0-387-13589-8).
• Maz'ya, Vladimir G.; Soloviev, Alexander A. (2010), Boundary Integral Equations on Contours with Peaks, Operator Theory: Advances and Applications, vol. 196, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, pp. vii+342, ISBN 978-3-0346-0170-2, MR 2584276, Zbl 1179.45001.
• Mikhlin, S. G. (1979), Approximation on a rectangular grid with application to finite element methods and other problems, Mechanics: analysis, vol. 4, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. xi+224, ISBN 978-90-286-0008-9, MR 0545652, Zbl 0466.65053
• Nordqvist, Sven (2009), Механический дед мороз, Петсон и Финдус, Москва: Мир Детства Медиа, p. 120, ISBN 978-5-9743-0129-2.