Mathematician:Victor Abramovich Zalgaller

Mathematician

Russian mathematician, working in the fields of geometry and optimization.

Best known for his results on convex polyhedra, linear and dynamic programming, isoperimetry, and differential geometry.

Nationality

Russian-born, later American

History

• Born: December 25, 1920 in Parfino, Novgorod Governorate
• Died: 2 October 2020 in Israel

Publications

• 1988: Geometric Inequalities (with Yuri Dmitrievich Burago

Also known as

His name in Russian is Виктор Абрамович Залгаллер, and in Hebrew ויקטור אבּרמוביץ' זלגלר.

His first name can be transliterated as Viktor.