Mathematician:Mikhail Vasilyevich Ostrogradsky

Mathematician
Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist of Ukrainian origin.

Worked mainly in the mathematical fields of calculus of variations, integration of algebraic functions, number theory, algebra, geometry, probability theory and in the fields of applied mathematics, mathematical physics and classical mechanics.

Nationality
Ukrainian

History

 * Born: 24 September 1801 in Pashennaya (now Poltava oblast), Ukraine
 * Died: 1 January 1862 in Poltava (now Ukraine)

Theorems and Definitions

 * Ostrogradsky Instability
 * Ostrogradsky's Integration Method
 * Gauss-Ostrogradsky Theorem (with ), also known as Ostrogradsky-Gauss Theorem, Ostrogradsky's Theorem, Gauss's Theorem and the Divergence Theorem

Also known as
Full name in Russian: Михаил Васильевич Остроградский.

Full name in Ukrainian: Михайло Васильович Остроградський.

Rendering of his name in Western form varies: some present the surname as Ostrogradski, and the middle name can also be seen as Vasilevitch.