Viktor Kupradze ( ka, ვიქტორ კუპრაძე; November 2, 1903 – April 25, 1985) was a Georgian mathematician. Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1935),

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(1936). Member of the

Georgian Academy of Sciences The Georgian National Academy of Sciences (GNAS) ( ka, საქართველოს მეცნიერებათა ეროვნული აკადემია, tr) is a main learned society of the Georgia. It was named Georgian S ...

(1946).

Biography

Viktor Kupradze was born in the village Kela, Lanchkhuti Municipality on November 2, 1903 in the family of a railwayman. After graduating from the Kutaisi Technical School in 1922, he continued his studies at the faculty of Physics and Mathematics at

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...

. When still young, Kupradze participated actively in publle work. Kupradze published his first scientific work in 1929 at the age of 26. In 1935 he defended his doctor’s thesis. During the

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Kupradze served in the

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. In 1943 he was demobilized and appointed vice-rector of

, responsible for research work. From 1944 to 1953 Kupradze worked as Minister of Education of the Georgian SSR. From 1954 to 1958 Kupradze was rector of

. In the period from 1946 to 1963 Kupradze was elected member of the General Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia, in 1949–1952 deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. From 1954 to 1963 he was chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR. In 1955 he was sent to the United States as a Soviet delegate to the 10th Session of the UN General Assembly. The rich scientific heritage of Viktor Kupradze is reflected in his more than 100 works, among which there are 5 monographs, which included many fundamental papers in

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and

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, the

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, and problems on the theory of differential and

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. His publications on the progress and completion of a number of domains of mathematics made an immense contribution to the field. Many of his works have been translated and published in foreign languages. Viktor Kupradze was decorated with the

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twice, the

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, the

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and other. In 1971, he was awarded the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kupradze, Viktor 1903 births 1985 deaths 20th-century mathematicians from Georgia (country) Soviet mathematicians Members of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences Tbilisi State University alumni Third convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Rectors of Tbilisi State University Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Academic staff of Tbilisi State University