Mathematician. She was known for her work on partial differential equations (especially Hilbert's 19th problem) and fluid dynamics. She provided the first rigorous proofs of the convergence of a finite difference method for the Navier-Stokes equations. She was a student of Ivan Petrovsky, and was awarded the Lomonosov Gold Medal in 2002. She was the daughter of a mathematics teacher who is credited with her early inspiration and love of mathematics. In October 1937 her father was arrested by the NKVD and soon killed. She was able to finish high school but, because her father was an "enemy of the people", she was forbidden to enter the Leningrad University. After Joseph Stalin died in 1953, she presented her doctoral thesis and was given the degree she had long before earned.
Mathematician. She was known for her work on partial differential equations (especially Hilbert's 19th problem) and fluid dynamics. She provided the first rigorous proofs of the convergence of a finite difference method for the Navier-Stokes equations. She was a student of Ivan Petrovsky, and was awarded the Lomonosov Gold Medal in 2002. She was the daughter of a mathematics teacher who is credited with her early inspiration and love of mathematics. In October 1937 her father was arrested by the NKVD and soon killed. She was able to finish high school but, because her father was an "enemy of the people", she was forbidden to enter the Leningrad University. After Joseph Stalin died in 1953, she presented her doctoral thesis and was given the degree she had long before earned.
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