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'''Vladimir Evgen'evich Zakharov''' ({{lang-ru|Влади́мир Евге́ньевич Заха́ров}}; born August 1, 1939, died August 2023<ref>[https://iz.ru/1561843/2023-08-20/umer-fizik-i-akademik-ran-vladimir-zakharov]</ref>) is a [[USSR|Soviet]] and [[Russians|Russian]] [[mathematician]] and [[physicist]]. He is currently Regents' Professor of mathematics at [[The University of Arizona]],<ref>[http://math.arizona.edu/~zakharov/ Home page at the University of Arizona]</ref> director of the Mathematical Physics Sector at the [[Lebedev Physical Institute]], and is on the committee of the [[Stefanos Pnevmatikos International Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.physics.uoc.gr/Pnevmatikos/index1.html |title= Selection Committee |author=<!--Not stated--> |website= Stefanos Pnevmatikos International Award |publisher= University of Crete |access-date= 29 May 2018 }}</ref> Zakharov's research interests cover physical aspects of nonlinear wave theory in plasmas, hydrodynamics, oceanology, geophysics, solid state physics, optics, and general relativity.<ref>[http://en.scientificcommons.org/vladimir_e_zakharov Recent publications]</ref>
'''Vladimir Evgen'evich Zakharov''' ({{lang-ru|Влади́мир Евге́ньевич Заха́ров}}; August 1, 1939 – August 2023)<ref>{{cite news|title=Умер физик и академик РАН Владимир Захаров |lang=ru| date=August 20, 2023|newspaper=Izvestia| url= https://iz.ru/1561843/2023-08-20/umer-fizik-i-akademik-ran-vladimir-zakharov|access-date=August 21, 2023}}</ref> was a [[USSR|Soviet]] and [[Russians|Russian]] [[mathematician]] and [[physicist]]. He was Regents' Professor of mathematics at [[The University of Arizona]],<ref>[http://math.arizona.edu/~zakharov/ Home page at the University of Arizona]</ref> director of the Mathematical Physics Sector at the [[Lebedev Physical Institute]], and was on the committee of the [[Stefanos Pnevmatikos International Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.physics.uoc.gr/Pnevmatikos/index1.html |title= Selection Committee |author=<!--Not stated--> |website= Stefanos Pnevmatikos International Award |publisher= University of Crete |access-date= 29 May 2018 }}</ref> Zakharov's research interests covered physical aspects of nonlinear wave theory in plasmas, hydrodynamics, oceanology, geophysics, solid state physics, optics, and general relativity.<ref>[http://en.scientificcommons.org/vladimir_e_zakharov Recent publications]</ref>


Zakharov was awarded the [[Dirac Prize#Dirac Medal of the ICTP|Dirac Medal]] in 2003 for his contributions to the theory of [[turbulence]], with regard to the exact results and the prediction of inverse cascades, and for "putting the theory of [[wave turbulence]] on a firm mathematical ground by finding turbulence spectra as exact solutions and solving the stability problem, and in introducing the notion of inverse and dual cascades in wave turbulence."<ref>[http://prizes.ictp.it/Dirac/DiracMedal03.html/?searchterm=Zakharov Dirac Medal]</ref>
Zakharov was awarded the [[Dirac Prize#Dirac Medal of the ICTP|Dirac Medal]] in 2003 for his contributions to the theory of [[turbulence]], with regard to the exact results and the prediction of inverse cascades, and for "putting the theory of [[wave turbulence]] on a firm mathematical ground by finding turbulence spectra as exact solutions and solving the stability problem, and in introducing the notion of inverse and dual cascades in wave turbulence."<ref>[http://prizes.ictp.it/Dirac/DiracMedal03.html/?searchterm=Zakharov Dirac Medal]</ref>


Vladimir Zakharov is also a poet. He has published several books of poetry in Russia and his works regularly appear in periodicals. A collection of his poetry in an English translation ''The Paradise for Clouds'' was published in the UK in 2009.<ref>{{cite book|last=Zakharov|first=Vladimir|title=The Paradise for Clouds|publisher=Ancient Purple|year=2009|isbn=978-0-9563075-0-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B5PDPwAACAAJ|access-date=2009-08-09}}</ref>
Vladimir Zakharov was also a poet. He published several books of poetry in Russia and his works regularly appeared in periodicals, such as ''[[Novy Mir]]'', in the 1990s and 2000s. A collection of his poetry in an English translation ''The Paradise for Clouds'' was published in the UK in 2009.<ref>{{cite book|last=Zakharov|first=Vladimir|title=The Paradise for Clouds|publisher=Ancient Purple|year=2009|isbn=978-0-9563075-0-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B5PDPwAACAAJ|access-date=2009-08-09}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Vladimir Zakharov was born in [[Kazan]], [[Russian SFSR]] in 1939, to Evgeniy and Elena Zakharov, an engineer and a schoolteacher. He studied at the [[Moscow Power Engineering Institute]] and at the [[Novosibirsk State University]],<ref>[http://www.nsu.ru/exp/p4fd240d7ff37ecf7100009a6 Vladimir Zakharov about Russian and American science (in Russian)]</ref> where he received his [[specialist degree]] in [[physics]] in 1963 and his [[Candidate of Sciences]] degree in 1966, studying under [[Roald Sagdeev]]. Vladimir Zakharov is married, he has 3 sons. Also, he writes poems and his works were published in [[Novy Mir]] in 1990-s and 2000-s.
Vladimir Zakharov was born in [[Kazan]], [[Russian SFSR]] in 1939, to Evgeniy and Elena Zakharov, an engineer and a schoolteacher. He studied at the [[Moscow Power Engineering Institute]] and at the [[Novosibirsk State University]],<ref>[http://www.nsu.ru/exp/p4fd240d7ff37ecf7100009a6 Vladimir Zakharov about Russian and American science (in Russian)]</ref> where he received his [[specialist degree]] in [[physics]] in 1963 and his [[Candidate of Sciences]] degree in 1966, studying under [[Roald Sagdeev]]. Zakharov was married and had three sons.


==Academic career==
==Academic career==
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Vladimir Zakharov
In his office, 2003
Born(1939-08-01)August 1, 1939
Kazan, USSR
DiedAugust 2023 (2023-09) (aged 84)
NationalityRussian
Alma materNovosibirsk State University
Known forTheoretical physics
AwardsDirac Prize (2003)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsLandau Institute for Theoretical Physics
University of Arizona
Lebedev Physical Institute
Doctoral advisorRoald Sagdeev

Vladimir Evgen'evich Zakharov (Template:Lang-ru; August 1, 1939 – August 2023)[1] was a Soviet and Russian mathematician and physicist. He was Regents' Professor of mathematics at The University of Arizona,[2] director of the Mathematical Physics Sector at the Lebedev Physical Institute, and was on the committee of the Stefanos Pnevmatikos International Award.[3] Zakharov's research interests covered physical aspects of nonlinear wave theory in plasmas, hydrodynamics, oceanology, geophysics, solid state physics, optics, and general relativity.[4]

Zakharov was awarded the Dirac Medal in 2003 for his contributions to the theory of turbulence, with regard to the exact results and the prediction of inverse cascades, and for "putting the theory of wave turbulence on a firm mathematical ground by finding turbulence spectra as exact solutions and solving the stability problem, and in introducing the notion of inverse and dual cascades in wave turbulence."[5]

Vladimir Zakharov was also a poet. He published several books of poetry in Russia and his works regularly appeared in periodicals, such as Novy Mir, in the 1990s and 2000s. A collection of his poetry in an English translation The Paradise for Clouds was published in the UK in 2009.[6]

Biography

Vladimir Zakharov was born in Kazan, Russian SFSR in 1939, to Evgeniy and Elena Zakharov, an engineer and a schoolteacher. He studied at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute and at the Novosibirsk State University,[7] where he received his specialist degree in physics in 1963 and his Candidate of Sciences degree in 1966, studying under Roald Sagdeev. Zakharov was married and had three sons.

Academic career

After completing his Candidate of Science degree, Zakharov worked as a researcher at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, where in 1971 he completed his Doctor of Sciences degree. In 1974, Zakharov moved to the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics in Chernogolovka, where he eventually became director. He was elected as a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union in 1984 and as a full member in 1991. In 1992, Zakharov became a professor of mathematics at the University of Arizona, and in 2004 he became the director of the Mathematical Physics Sector at the Lebedev Physical Institute.

Awards and honors

Selected bibliography

  • S. P. Novikov, S. V. Manakov, L. P. Pitaevskii, V. E. Zakharov, Theory of Solitons: The Inverse Scattering Method, Springer-Verlag (1984), ISBN 0-306-10977-8
  • V. E. Zakharov, What is Integrability?, Springer-Verlag (1991), ISBN 0-387-51964-5
  • V. E. Zakharov, V. S. L'vov, G. Falkovich, Kolmogorov Spectra of Turbulence I: Wave Turbulence, Springer-Verlag (1992), ISBN 0-387-54533-6
  • Vladimir Zakharov, The Paradise for Clouds, Ancient Purple Translations (2009), ISBN 0-9563075-0-7

See also

References

  1. ^ "Умер физик и академик РАН Владимир Захаров". Izvestia (in Russian). August 20, 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  2. ^ Home page at the University of Arizona
  3. ^ "Selection Committee". Stefanos Pnevmatikos International Award. University of Crete. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. ^ Recent publications
  5. ^ Dirac Medal
  6. ^ Zakharov, Vladimir (2009). The Paradise for Clouds. Ancient Purple. ISBN 978-0-9563075-0-7. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  7. ^ Vladimir Zakharov about Russian and American science (in Russian)
  8. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-09-01.
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