Aleksandr Ivanovich Nekrasov (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Некра́сов; – 21 May 1957) was a Soviet and Russian

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known for his mathematical contributions to

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and aeromechanics. The Nekrasov integral equation describing surface waves is named for him.

Biography

Nekrasov was born in

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where he would remain for the rest of his life. He went to school and graduated from the University of Moscow in 1906. Nekrasov graduated with a first class diploma. Nekrasov earned a gold medal for work of his essay, ''Theory of the Satellites of Jupiter''.

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