David Egorovich Dolidze ( ka, დავით დოლიძე, russian: Давид Егорович Долидзе) ( – 1960) was a

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and Soviet mathematician,See . known from his work in the mathematical theory of

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. In particular he rediscovered an important uniqueness theorem for the

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s to the Navier–Stokes equations for an incompressible fluid, previously proved by

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Life and academic career

Born on 2 February 1908 in the village of Buknari, precisely use the locution "''с. Букнари''", i.e. село Букнари ( ka, ბუკნარი). He graduated from Tbilisi State University in 1928. From 1934 he started working in his Alma Mater, and one year later, in 1935, he also started doing research at the Mathematics Institute of the Georgian Academy of Science. In 1945 he earned both the Doktor Nauk degree and the title of professor.

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*. *. *. *. His "''Works''", published by the Tbilisi State University on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

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*. The "''Mathematics in the USSR during its first forty years 1917–1957''" is an opus in two volumes describing the developments of Soviet mathematics during the first forty years of its existence. This is the second volume, titled "''Biobibliography''" (evidently an acronym for biography and

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), containing a complete bibliography of works published by Soviet mathematicians during that time period, alphabetically ordered with respect to author's surname and including, when possible, brief but complete biographies of the authors. *. *. *. *. A commemorative booklet written by Jondo Sharikadze, former pupil of David Dolidze, and published by the Tbilisi University Press. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolidze, David Egorovich 1908 births Soviet mathematicians Tbilisi State University alumni 20th-century mathematicians from Georgia (country) Fluid dynamicists 1960 deaths Academic staff of Tbilisi State University

Life and academic career

Selected publications

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