Background
Lavrentiev was born in Kazan, where his father was an instructor at a college (he later became a professor at Kazan University, then Moscow University).
mathematician physicist university professor
Lavrentiev was born in Kazan, where his father was an instructor at a college (he later became a professor at Kazan University, then Moscow University).
He graduated in 1922. Although Luzin was alleged to plagiarize in science and indulge in anti-Sovietism by some of his students in 1936, Lavrentiev did not participate in the notorious political persecution of his teacher which is known as the Luzin case or Luzin affair.
Lavrentiev entered Kazan University, and, when his family moved to Moscow in 1921, he transferred to the Department of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow University. He continued his studies in the university in 1923-1926 as a graduate student of Nikolai Luzin. In 1927 Lavrentiev spent half a year in France, collaborating with French mathematicians, and upon returned took up a position with Moscow University.
His main contributions relate to conformal mappings and partial differential equations.
Mstislav Keldysh was one of his students. One of Lavrentiev"s scientific interests was the physics of explosive processes, in which he had become involved when doing defense work during World World War World War II A better understanding of the physics of explosions made it possible to use controlled explosions in construction, the best-known example being the construction of the Medeu Mudflow Control Dam outside of Almaty in Kazakhstan.
Mikhail Lavrentiev was one of the main organizers and the first Chairman of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (in his time the Academy of Sciences of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics) from its founding in 1957 to 1975. Six months after the decision to found the Siberian Division of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences Novosibirsk State University was established.
The Decree of the Council of Ministers of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics was signed January 9, 1958.
From 1959 to 1966 he was a professor at Novosibirsk State University.
Lavrentiev was awarded the honorary title of Hero of the Socialist Labour, a Lenin Prize and Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics State Prize, and a Lomonosov Gold Meda
German Academy of Sciences at Berlin. German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Russian Academy of Sciences.
Academy of Sciences of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics]
Later he became a member of the staff of the Steklov Institute.
He was elected a member of several world-renowned academies, and an honorable citizen of Novosibirsk. Mikhail A. Lavrentiev"s son, also named Mikhail (Mikhail M Lavrentiev, 1930-2010), a talented mathematician in his own right, was a member of the leadership of Akademgorodok.