Nina Bari
| Nina Bari | |
|---|---|
| Born |
19 November 1901 Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Moscow State University |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Nikolai Luzin |
Nina Karlovna Bari (Russian: Нина Карловна Бари, November 19, 1901, Moscow – July 15, 1961, Moscow) was a Soviet mathematician known for her work on trigonometric series.[1][2]
Biography
Nina Bari was born on 19 November 1901 in Russia. In 1918, she became one of the first women to be accepted to the Department of Physics and Mathematics at the prestigious Moscow State University. She studied under the tutelage of Nikolai Luzin, becoming one of his star students.[1][2]
In 1926, Bari completed her doctoral work on the topic of trigonometric expansions,[2][3] winning the Glavnauk Prize for her thesis work.[1][2] In 1932, she became a professor at Moscow State University and in 1935 was awarded the title of Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.[2] By this time, she had completed foundational work on trigonometric series.[1][2] She was a close collaborator with Dmitrii Menshov on a number of research projects.[2]
On 15 July 1961, Bari was killed when she fell in front of an oncoming metro train.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Biography of Nina Karlovna Bari, by Giota Soublis, Agnes Scott College.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Nina Bari", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- ↑ Nina Bari at the Mathematics Genealogy Project