Alexey Andreevich Lyapunov (russian: Алексе́й Андре́евич Ляпуно́в; 25 September 1911 – 23 June 1973) was a Soviet mathematician and an early pioneer of
computer science
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. One of the founders of
Soviet cybernetics, Lyapunov was member of the
Soviet Academy of Sciences
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and a specialist in the fields of real function theory, mathematical problems of
cybernetics
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,
set theory
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,
programming theory,
mathematical linguistics, and
mathematical biology
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.
Biography
Composer
Sergei Lyapunov
Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov (or Liapunov; russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Ляпуно́в, ; 8 November 1924) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor.
Life
Lyapunov was born in Yaroslavl in 1859. After the death of his fath ...
, mathematician
Aleksandr Lyapunov
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov (russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Ляпуно́в, ; – 3 November 1918) was a Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist. His surname is variously romanized as Ljapunov, Liapunov, Liapo ...
, and philologist
Boris Lyapunov
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were close relatives of Alexey Lyapunov.
In 1928, Lyapunov enrolled at
Moscow State University
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to study mathematics, and in 1932 he became a student of
Nikolai Luzin
Nikolai Nikolaevich Luzin (also spelled Lusin; rus, Никола́й Никола́евич Лу́зин, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ ˈluzʲɪn, a=Ru-Nikilai Nikilayevich Luzin.ogg; 9 December 1883 – 28 January 1950) was a Soviet/Ru ...
. Under his mentorship, Lyapunov began his research in
descriptive set theory
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. He became world-wide known for his theorem on the range of an atomless vector-measure in finite dimensions, now called the Lyapunov Convexity Theorem.
From 1934 until the early 1950s, Lyapunov was on the staff of the
Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Steklov Institute of Mathematics or Steklov Mathematical Institute (russian: Математический институт имени В.А.Стеклова) is a premier research institute based in Moscow, specialized in mathematics, and a part ...
. When
Mstislav Keldysh
Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (russian: Мстисла́в Все́володович Ке́лдыш; – 24 June 1978) was a Soviet mathematician who worked as an engineer in the Soviet space program.
He was the academician of the Academy o ...
organized the Department of Applied Mathematics (now the M.V. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics) he suggested Lyapunov to lead its work on programming.
In 1954 A.A. Lyapunov was invited by A.I. Kitov (scientific director of the Computing Center No. 1 of the USSR Ministry of Defense) to this computing center as head of the laboratory. A.A. Lyapunov worked at this military computing center until 1960.
In 1961, Lyapunov moved to the Institute of Mathematics of the Siberian Division of the USSR Academy of Sciences (now the
Sobolev Institute of Mathematics
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The institute ...
), where he founded the department of cybernetics. At
Novosibirsk State University
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, he founded the Department of Theoretical Cybernetics and the Laboratory of Cybernetics at the Institute of Hydrodynamics of the Siberian Division of the USSR Academy of Sciences (now the Lavrentiev Institute of Hydrodynamics) which he led until the end of his life.
In 1964, Lyapunov was elected a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences and joined the Division of Mathematics.
He was awarded the
Order of Lenin
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. In 1996, he was awarded the
IEEE Computer Society
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's
Computer Pioneer Award
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.
References
Biography of Lyapunov
External links
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A. A. Lyapunov (on his 60th birthday)S. Kutateladze "Lyapunov's convexity theorem, zonoids, and bang-bang"
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Soviet mathematicians
1911 births
1973 deaths
Novosibirsk State University academic personnel
Soviet cyberneticists
Alexey
Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Ale ...
Moscow State University alumni
Scientists from Moscow