Thursday, March 7, 2019

Google Celebrates Olga Ladyzhenskaya

Google Celebrates Olga Ladyzhenskaya 



Today, March 7, 2019, Google honored the Russian mathematician Olga Ladyzhenskaya.  Ladyzhenskaya was born on March 7, 1922 (passed away on January 12, 2004).  She is known for her work in partial differential equations, particularly providing a rigorous proof of the finite difference method for the Navier-Strokes equations. 

Happy Birthday Olga! And thank you for your contributions to mathematics and science.

Wikipedia articles:

Bio on Olga Ladyzhenskaya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Ladyzhenskaya

Navier-Strokes Equations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navier%E2%80%93Stokes_equations

Finite Difference Method
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_difference_method

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