Yurii Oleksiyovych Mitropolskiy (Ukrainian: Юрій Олексійович Митропольський; 3 January 1917 – 14 June 2008) was a renowned Soviet and Ukrainian mathematician known for his contributions to the fields of dynamical systems and nonlinear oscillations. He was born in Poltava Governorate and died in Kyiv.
Yurii Mitropolskiy | |
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Born | |
Died | 14 June 2008 | (aged 91)
Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv |
Awards | Hero of Ukraine, State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology, Lenin Prize, Hero of Socialist Labour |
Scientific career | |
Fields | mathematics, dynamical systems, differential equations |
Institutions | Institute of Mathematics of NAS of Ukraine |
Doctoral advisor | Nikolay Bogolyubov |
Doctoral students | Oleksandr Sharkovsky |
He received his Ph.D. from Kyiv University, under the supervision of theoretical physicist and mathematician Nikolay Bogolyubov.[1] Mitropolskiy is one of the most frequently joint-published mathematicians known, with at least 240 collaborators.[2] Member of the Communist Party since 1945.