Gennady Alexeyevich Leonov (; February 2, 1947Russian Academy of Sciences
(in Russian) in

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– April 23, 2018) was a Russian scientist, Correspondent Member of the

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(since 2006), Professor at the

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. Laureate of the 1986

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and 2012

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Russian Academy of Sciences Prize. He graduated from the

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in 1969. In 1971 he defended his

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's Dissertation. In 1983 he defended his doctoral dissertation. In 1986 he received the title of Professor. Since 1988, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Saint Petersburg State University. He was a foreign member of the

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(2017).Official Saint Petersburg State University
(in Russian)

References

Obituaries

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N.V. Kuznetsov, S. Abramovich, A.L. Fradkov, G. Chen, In Memoriam: Gennady Alekseevich Leonov, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 28(5), 2018, art. num. 1877001

S. Abramovich, N.V. Kuznetsov, P. Neittaanmäki, Obituary: Gennady Alekseevich Leonov (1947-2018), Open Mathematical Education Notes, 8(1), 2018, 15-21
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leonov, Gennady 1947 births 2018 deaths Saint Petersburg State University alumni Academic staff of Saint Petersburg State University Russian academics Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters Recipients of the USSR State Prize Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg