Olga Ladyzhenskaya | |
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Ольга Ладыженская | |
 Ladyzhenskaya in 1976 | |
| Born | Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya 7 March 1922 |
| Died | 12 January 2004 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Soviet–Russian |
| Alma mater | Moscow University |
| Known for | Finite difference method for the Navier–Stokes equations Hilbert's nineteenth problem Ladyzhenskaya–Babuška–Brezzi condition Ladyzhenskaya's inequality |
| Awards | Lomonosov Gold Medal (2002) John von Neumann Prize (1998) Noether Lecture (1994) Kovalevskaya Prize (1992) USSR State Prize (1969) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Partial differential equations |
| Institutions | Saint Petersburg University |
| Doctoral advisor | Ivan Petrovsky Sergei Sobolev |
| Notable students | |
Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya (Russian: Ольга Александровна Ладыженская; 7 March 1922 – 12 January 2004) was a Russian mathematician who worked on partial differential equations, fluid dynamics, and the finite-difference method for the Navier–Stokes equations. She received the Lomonosov Gold Medal in 2002. She authored more than two hundred scientific publications, including six monographs.