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Victor Zalgaller

Russian mathematician (1920-2020) · Israel · On the map · Academics · Died at 99

Victor (Viktor) Abramovich Zalgaller was a Russian-Israeli mathematician in the fields of geometry and optimization. He is best known for the results he achieved on convex polyhedra, linear and dynamic programming, isoperimetry, and differential geometry.

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Order of the Red Star
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Medal "For Battle Merit"
Order of the Patriotic War
Medal "For Courage"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Zhukov Medal
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "75 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"
Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
Fighters against Nazis Medal

About this person

Country
Israel
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2020 · aged 99

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