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Potapov, Alexander Ivanovich was born on September 27, 1949 in Gorky, Russia. Son of Ivan Grigor'evich Potapov and Ekaterina Vasil'evna Potapova.
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Waves occur naturally in a vast number of scientific or engineering situations. Ripples on a pond, the light we see, and the oscillations of bridges and buildings can often be described as solitary or interacting waves. Wave theory is therefore one of the most important branches of pure and applied science. In Modulated Waves: Theory and Applications Lev Ostrovsky and Alexander Potapov consider linear and nonlinear waves such as solitons, waves in inhomogeneous media, and many others. They discuss modulated waves -- those characterized by a slow variation of the macroscopic parameters of amplitude, frequency, and profile. Most of the fundamentals of wave theory may be understood by considering this class of waves. Theoretical analysis is supported by examples from different branches of physics: electrodynamics, fluid mechanics, acoustics, optics, and the mechanics of solids.
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Potapov, Alexander Ivanovich was born on September 27, 1949 in Gorky, Russia. Son of Ivan Grigor'evich Potapov and Ekaterina Vasil'evna Potapova.
Engineer of Radiophysics, State University Gorky, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics and Mathematics, State University Gorky, 1976. Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, State University Leningrad, 1989.
Engineer State University Gorky, Russia, 1973, senior lecturer, 1975—1980, associate professor, 1980—1989. Head of laboratory Institute for Mechanical Engineering of the Russian Academy of Science, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1990. Professor State University, Nizhny Novgorod, 1994—1997.
Visiting professor University California, San Diego, United States, 1997. Professor State Technology University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, since 1997.
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Member of Mechanical Institute of the State University (science council since 1995), Institute of Mechanical Engineering of the Russian Academy of Science (member science council since 1989), Acoustical Society of the Russian Federation, European Mechanics Society.
Married Natalia Victorovna Shishina. Children: Svetlana Potapova, Ivan, Yury.