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Valentin Rumyantsev
Born
Valentin Vitalyevich Rumyantsev

(1921-07-19)19 July 1921
Died10 June 2007(2007-06-10) (aged 85)
NationalityRussian
Alma mater Saratov State University
Known for mechanics, stability theory
Awards Prize of the Presidium (1950, 1958)
The Chaplygin Prize (1958)
The Humboldt Prize (1997)
Agostinelli Prize (1999)
Lyapunov Prize (2004)
Scientific career
Fields Engineering ( mechanics)
Institutions Dorodnicyn Computing Centre
Doctoral advisor Nikolai Chetaev

Valentin Vitalyevich Rumyantsev ( Russian: Валентин Витальевич Румянцев; 19 July 1921 – 10 June 2007) was a Russian engineer who played a crucial role in Soviet space program, mainly working on robotics and controls. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1992), Department of Engineering, Mechanics and Control. [1]

Career

Rumyantsev was professor in the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics in the Department of Theoretical Mechanics and Mecatronics at Moscow State University. He was editor of the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics ( Russian: Прикладная математика и механика). Rumyantsev was also a corresponding member (1995) and member (2000) of the International Academy of Astronautics ( France, Paris).

References

  1. ^ Kerimov, M. K. (2008-02-01). "In memory of academician Valentin Vitalyevich Rumyantsev (1921–2007)". Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics. 48 (2): 329–335. doi: 10.1134/S0965542508020152. ISSN  1555-6662.