Aleksandr Ivanovich Nekrasov (; – 21 May 1957) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician known for his mathematical contributions to hydromechanics and aeromechanics. The Nekrasov integral equation describing surface waves is named for him.

Biography

Nekrasov was born in Moscow, Russian Empire 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.

Aleksandr Nekrasov

Nekrasov earned a gold medal for work of his essay, Theory of the Satellites of Jupiter.

Aleksandr Nekrasov

References

External links

Nekrasov biography hosted by the University of St Andrews

1883 births

1957 deaths

20th-century Russian mathematicians

Mathematicians from Moscow

Academic staff of Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Academic staff of Moscow Aviation Institute

Academic staff of Moscow State University

Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute employees

Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Recipients of the Order of Lenin

Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Recipients of the Order of the Red Star

Recipients of the Stalin Prize

Mathematicians from the Russian Empire

Russian mathematicians

Soviet mathematicians

Burials at Pyatnitskoye Cemetery

Aleksandr Nekrasov