Nikoloz Muskhelishvili was a renowned Soviet Georgian mathematician, physician, and engineer. He was born in 1891 in Tbilisi, Georgia and studied at universities in Saint Petersburg. Muskhelishvili went on to found and serve as the first president of the Georgian Academy of Sciences from 1941 to 1972. Over his career, he conducted fundamental research in theories of elasticity, integral equations, and boundary value problems. Muskhelishvili made significant contributions to mathematics and theoretical physics through his application of complex variable theory to problems in elasticity. He was a highly decorated scientist who held many honors, including membership in numerous academies of science.
2. NIKOLOZ (NIKO) MUSKHELISHVILI
FEBRUARY 1891 JULY 16, 1976) WAS
A
RENOMATED SOVIET GEORGIAN MATHE
MATICIAN, PHYSICIAN AND ENGINEER W
HO WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS AND
FIRST PRESIDENT (19411972) OF
THE GEORGIAN SSR ACADEMY OF
SCIENCES (NOW GEORGIAN ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES). HE IS OFTEN REFERRED
BY THE RUSSIAN VERSION OF HIS
NAME, NIKOLAY IVANOVICH
MUSKHELISVILI.
4. MUSKHELISHVILI WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY
4(16) 1891 IN TBILISI GEORGIA, THEN PART OF
THE USSR INTO A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS. HE
GRADUATED FROM LOCAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL
IN 1909 AND AFTERWARDS FROM THE
PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS FACULTY
OF SAINT PETERSBURG IN 1914. IMMEDIATELY
AFTER HIS GRADUATION HE BECAME HEAD OF
APPLIED MATHEMATICS OF THE SAME FACULTY
AND IN 1918 PASSED THE EXAM FOR THE
MASTER'S DEGREE. HIS FIRST SCIENTIFIC
MAGAZINE WAS PUBLISHED ALREADY EARLIER
IN 1915 CONTAINING A NUMBER OF ISSUES ON
ELASTICITY THEORY. FROM 1917 TO 1920 HE
WORKED AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF
THE PETROGRAD UNIVERSITY AND ALSO
TAUGHT MATHEMATICS IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS
IN SAINT PETERSBURG.
5. AT REQUEST OF THE SHORT LIVED DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA HE MOVED BACK TO HIS NATIVE
COUNTRY IN 1920 IN ORDER TO ORGANIZE THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL.
THERE MUSKHELISHVILI CONDUCTED LESSONS IN THE
TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND FROM 1922 TO 1938
AS HEAD PROFESSOR. AFTER THE SOVIET INVASION OF
GEORGIA IN 1921 MUSKHELISHVILI WAS ALLOWED TO
CARRY ON HIS WORKS IN THE TRANSCAUCASIAN SOVIET
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND SINCE 1933 WAS
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE USSR ACADEMY OF
SCIENCES. HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE CPSU IN 1940.
IN 1941 BASED ON THE FORMER GEORGIAN ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES A NEW USSR ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WAS
ESTABLISHED BY THE GEORGIAN SSR AND
MUSKHELISHVILI GOT ELECTED AS ITS FIRST PRESIDENT
AND ACADEMICIAN.
6. FROM 1956 TO 1976 MUSKHELISHVILI WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE
OF THE USSR ON THEOR TICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS. SINCE 1957 HE WAS ALSO
MEMBER OF THE PRESIDIUM OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. IN 1972 DUE TO HEALTH
PROBLEMS THE PROFESSOR RESIGNED FROM THE POST OF PRESIDENT OF THE
GEORGIAN SSR ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUT IN RECOGNITION FOR HIS OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENTS AND SERVICES WAS ELECTED HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
ACADEMY. HE WAS ALSO ACADEMICIAN AND HONORARY PROFESSOR OF THE
ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES OF THE ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI SSRS SINCE 1961.
MUSKHELISHVILI WAS HONORARY MEMBER OF THE BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF
SCIENCES SINCE 1952, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SINCE 1960 AND THE BERLIN
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SINCE 1967. HE ALSO HELD THE POSITION OF DEPUTY
CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE SOVIET UNION IN EIGHT CONVOCATIONS
FROM 1937 TO 1974. MUSKHELISHVILI CONDUCTED FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH ON
THE THEORIES OF PHYSICAL ELASTICITY, INTEGRAL EQUATIONS, BOUNDARY VALUE
PROBLEMS AND OTHER. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO APPLY THE THEORY OF
FUNCTIONS OF COMPLEX VARIABLES TO THE PROBLEMS OF ELASTICITY THEORIES,
PROPOSING A NUMBER OF TECHNIQUES THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY
IMPLEMENTED IN NUMEROUS AREAS OF MATHEMATICS, THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND
MECHANICS.
7. Thank you for attention
Mariam Gagnidze
Rustavi public school N16