- The department was founded during the resumption of Kharkiv University in 1933. Until 1986, it was called the the Department of General Mathematics. The first heads of the department were: Associate Professor P. A. Solovyov in 1933 - 1941 and Professor M. N. Marchevsky in 1943 - 1956. In 1956 it was merged with the Department of of Higher Algebra and Number Theory, which was headed by Prof. A.K. Sushkevich. A.K. Sushkevych was appointed to the position of the head of the combined department. A.K. Sushkevich was appointed to the position of the head of the combined department. He headed the department until 1961. 1961, the head of the department was Associate Professor A. S. Leibin. Since 1963. the Department of General Mathematics became separate again, and A. S. A. S. Leibin remained the head of the department until 1972. In 1973 - 1979. the department was headed by professor D. Gordevsky, in 1979 - 1995 - assistant professor O. Udov. Associate Professor O. V. Uvarov. Prof. V. V. Vavarov was appointed to the position of head of the department with its current name. Prof. V. A. Zolotarev was appointed to the position of the Head of the Department with its current name from 1995 From 2007 to September 2012, the department was headed by Prof. A. The department was headed by Prof. A. A. Yantsevych. The change of the department's name to the current one is due to the fact that since the early 90s the department has an active group of specialists in programming and computer science.
- It should be noted that D.Z. Hordevskyi was the first dean of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics in 1961-1968. dean of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, O. V. Uvarov was dean of the faculty in 1981 - 1995, and V. A. Zolotarev - in In addition to teaching a number of courses and special courses at the the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, the department also provides lectures and practical classes in higher mathematics, mathematical methods and computer science at such faculties as: geological and geographical, chemical, Radiophysical, Environmental, Sociological, Faculty of of Foreign Languages, etc. The department is a basic one for the universities of Kharkiv Kharkiv University Center for teaching mathematical disciplines in all levels of education.
- model representations of nonlinear, non-self-adjoint and nonunitary operators and their application (V. A. Zolotarev, E. A. Kohut, S. M. Zagorodnyuk, O. V. Rozumenko, V. A. Kuznetsova);
- theory of random processes, in particular, spectral properties of of random processes (A. A. Yantsevich);
- methods of solving problems of mathematical physics, theory of nonlinear oscillations, inverse problems, diffraction theory, problems of problems of computational mathematics and electrodynamics (O. Anoshchenko, I. G. Kudintseva, V. A. Rezunenko);
- geometry of manifolds and submanifolds, Hamiltonian systems with with closed trajectories (V. T. Lisitsa).
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Pavel Alexandrovich Solovyov (1890-1945)
- Pavlo Oleksandrovych was born on December 22, 1890 in the village of Byshkyn, Lebedyn district, Kharkiv province. He graduated from Kharkiv University. He was the first head of the Department of General Mathematics (1936 - 1941), and before its creation he was an associate professor of the Department of Geometry, a student of D.M. Sintsov. He was was an excellent teacher. In the 30s, at different times, he lectured on differential, projective and descriptive geometry, special courses in non-Euclidean geometry, algebraic curves, and convex bodies. D.Z. Gordevsky, who listened to his lectures, writes that P. A. Solovyov attached great importance to visualization in in teaching, accompanying his lectures with demonstrations of of skillfully executed drawings. His works describe new devices he developed that draw some curves (parabolas, hyperbolas, Descartes' letter).
- Solovyov was one of the organizers of the first math Olympiad for schoolchildren in Kharkiv. His special merit lies in the fact that while reading a special course on convex bodies using the book by Bonnesen and Fenchel, published in 1935 published in German in 1935, he deeply interested his student his student O. V. Pogorelov, which determined the direction of further research of the future outstanding academician. O.V. Pogorelov himself warmly recalled P.O. Solovyov as a very talented teacher.
Mykhailo Marchevsky (1884-1974)
- He headed the Department of General Mathematics from 1943 to 1956. years. He was born in Kharkiv, graduated from Kharkiv Kharkiv University in 1907, and in 1910-1913 he studied at the University of Göttingen in 1910-1913. In 1917-1969 he worked at Kharkiv University and its University and its successors, and since 1926 he has been a professor at the Institute of of Chemical Education. In 1930-1933 he was the dean of the of the Faculty of Mathematics, and from 1928 to 1941 he headed the Department of Mathematical Analysis and gave lectures on mathematical analysis. Since 1948 he has been lecturing lectures in higher mathematics at the Geography Faculty and at the evening department of the Economics Faculty of KSU. He is the author of more than 40 works on various sections of mathematics, methods of teaching it and and the history of mathematics. Among them are two textbooks on integral calculus and one on number theory.
Anton Kazymyrovych Sushkevych (1889 - 1961)
- From 1956 to 1961, he headed the combined department of of General Mathematics, Higher Algebra, and Number Theory. He was born in Borisoglebsk (now Voronezh region), in 1906-1911 he studied at the University of Berlin University, and in 1913 graduated from St. Petersburg University in 1913. In 1917, he passed his master's exams at Kharkiv University in 1917 and stayed there to to work there. In 1926, he defended his doctoral thesis "Action Theory as a General Group Theory" at the Kharkiv University. Since 1929, he has been a professor at of Kharkiv University since 1929.
- А. K. Sushkevich is an outstanding algebraist, one of the of the main creators of the theory of generalized groups, who outlined a number of directions in which their further development. He laid the foundations for the study of quasigroups, introduced the concept of semigroups, which is very important for modern algebra, and obtained a number of important results in the theory of of semigroups. The results of his research were presented in the monograph "Theory of Generalized Groups" (Kharkiv, 1937). His research on the theory of semigroups received high international recognition, especially in recent years. A.K. Sushkevich is the author of more than 60 scientific papers and and a number of excellent textbooks: "Fundamentals of Higher Algebra", "The Value of Algebra, Number Theory, Elements of New Algebra", which have withstood many editions in the 30s - 50s years of the XX century. He also studied the history of of mathematics. By the decision of UNESCO, the centenary of A.K. Sushkevich's centenary in 1989 was celebrated all over the world.
Alexander Sergeevich Leibin (26.03.1914 - 12.03.1990)
- Oleksandr Serhiyovych Leibin was born in Kyiv in the family of a colonel, a military engineer, his mother was a a teacher. In 1916-1926 the family lived in Khorol. У 1928, O.S. Leibin graduated from school in the village of village of Pivdenne, Kharkiv region. In 1932 he graduated from the Kharkiv Electromechanical College. In 1934 he entered the mathematical department of the physics department of KSU, which graduated in 1939 with a degree in Geometry. У 1939-1941, he studied at the postgraduate course of the Institute of of Mathematics and Mechanics at KSU and worked as an assistant at the Department of Mathematical Analysis, and later at the Department of Geometry. In 1943-1945, he served in the army. in the army.
- Since 1945, O.S. Leibin worked at Kharkiv University as an assistant at the Department of Geometry, until 1950 he also worked at the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics. In 1946, O.S. Leibin defended his Ph. his PhD thesis "Boyle's topological model topological model of the projective plane and its spherical reflection". В 1953 he was elected associate professor of the Department of Theory of functions, in 1955 - associate professor of the Department of Mathematical of Mathematical Physics. In 1959-1961, he served as scientific secretary of the Council of Physics. In 1961-1972 O.S. Leibin was the head of the Department of General Mathematics, in 1972-1977 he worked as an associate professor of this department.
- Since 1964, after the foundation of the journal "Ukrainian geometric collection, O.S. Leibin was executive secretary of its editorial board. He conducted extensive correspondence with the authors of the papers, corrected articles, advised young authors, organized the publication of the Ukrainian Geometric from No. 1 to No. 33 (35 issues in total). issues were published in total).
- All scientific works of A.S. Leibin are devoted to to geometry. Here are some of his results. У his PhD thesis, Leibin solved the to the question, which was pointed out by D. Hilbert and Con-Fossen in the book "Illustrative Geometry" (1932). This is the problem of constructing a spherical mapping of a topological model Boyle model of the projective plane. O. S. Leibin solves it by visual methods in the form of a closed multilayer surface covering the sphere. Also considered are the deformation of the "Roman" Steiner surface into the surface of In the paper "On the bending of convex surfaces with (UMN, 1950, Vol. 5, Issue 4), he uses the Aleksandrov's theorem "on gluing" A. S. Leibin showed that any convex surface that can be obtained from a region of positive curvature closed by removal of positive curvature, is bendable.
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In 1969-1975 O. S. Leibin published in the "Ukrainian geometric collection" in in co-authorship with his student V. F. Ignatenko 11 papers in which polyhedra and algebraic surfaces in E3 ,E4, E5 with symmetry right simplex and other types of symmetry.
- O.S. Leibin was much involved in educational and methodological activities, history and popularization of mathematics. В 1954 he published the book "Images and geometric transformations" (KSU, - 51 p.). In the collection "From the history of national natural science" (Kyiv: Scientific Dumka, 1964, pp. 51-62) published a work (in co-authored with Yu. Gulak. In co-authorship with D. Z. Gordevsky O. S. Leibin published a monograph "A popular introduction to multidimensional geometry" (Kh.: KSU Publishing House, 1964, - 192 p.). 192 с). O.S. Leibin gave many consultations on issues of descriptive geometry. Together with D.Z. Gordevsky he worked on the systematization and compilation of works of academician D.M. Sintsov.
- O.S. Leibin gave lectures on analytical geometry, foundations of geometry, mathematical analysis, a course in higher mathematics, as well as special courses in geometry convex bodies, theory of geometric constructions, etc. The students of O. S. Leibin who defended their dissertations were С. M. Sopov and V. F. Ignatenko, later head of the department of geometry in Simferopol of Geometry at Simferopol University.
- О. S. Leibin was a well-educated, friendly and deeply intelligent man. He had an excellent in music and was very fond of it, played the piano well. piano. For many years, he directed a student choir and a vocal ensemble, he accompanied instrumentalists and singers (students, teachers, teachers, including D.Z. Hordievskyi). O.S. Leibin constantly participated in concerts and festivals of university amateur performances.
Dmytro Zakharovych Hordevskyi (22.04.1908 - 27.03.1979)
- He headed the Department of General Mathematics in 1973-1979. and worked at KSU for over 40 years. He was born in village of Stepanivka, Nogai district, Tavria region in a large family of teachers. His ancestors were Bulgarians who moved to Russia in the XIX century. In 1915, the family moved to Nogaisk (now the city of Prymorsk, Zaporizhzhia region). У 1929 - 1933 D.Z. Gordevsky studied at the at the Faculty of Mathematics of the Physics and Mathematics Institute of Physics and Mathematics, which at that time replaced Kharkiv University at that time. In 1934, he entered graduate school at the Department of Geometry, his supervisor was D.M. Sintsov. In 1937, he defended his PhD thesis D. thesis in 1937, and in 1938 he was approved for the position of Associate Professor of the Department of Geometry at Kharkiv University. During the war, he was evacuated to the city of Kzyl-Orda in Kazakhstan, where he worked at the Department of Geometry of the USU (United Ukrainian State University), and after returning from evacuation, he worked at the Department of Geometry of Kharkiv University. For many years D.Z. Gordevsky was the deputy dean of the of the Faculty of Mathematics of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, and after the formation of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty in 1961, he was appointed its dean and worked in this position until 1968
- D.Z. Hordevsky was distinguished by his intelligence, calm and balanced character, was very attentive to students and staff, performing as a deputy and then dean of the faculty. He always provided assistance to those who turned to him for help. He was fond of music and loved to sing, having a pleasant bass-baritone voice. Together with his wife Raisa Petrivna, he sang at university and and faculty concerts.
- Dmytro Hordevsky loved and knew fiction, He wrote poetry all his life and wrote the play "The Life of Lobachevsky". In addition to Russian and Ukrainian (he lectured in Ukrainian), he knew Bulgarian, Romanian, German, and a little Italian and Spanish. languages. He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.
Oleg Vasilyevich Uvarov (September 1, 1947 - February 4, 2010)
- He headed the department from 1979 to 1995. He was born in Kyiv and lived in Kharkiv since 1951. In 1965, he graduated he graduated from high school with a gold medal, and in 1970 he graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at KSU in 1970. He studied in graduate school at the Department of Mathematical Physics (1970 - 1973), worked at the department as an as an assistant (1973 - 1975), senior lecturer (1975 - 1976), associate professor since 1981. for the degree of candidate of D. in Physics and Mathematics. In 1979 he was on a In 1979, he did a research internship at the Technical University of Munich (Germany). In 1979, he was elected to the the position of Head of the Department of General Mathematics (since 1986 it was called the Department of Higher Mathematics and Informatics), and headed it until 1995. In this In this position, he demonstrated outstanding abilities and until 1995 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics. З initiative of O.V. Uvarov, entrance exams were launched with the help of computers. He and the Dean of the Faculty of Physics Faculty V.V. Vorobyov initiated the creation of the of the Physics and Mathematics Lyceum at the university.
Vladimir Alekseevich Zolotarev
- Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of of Higher Mathematics and Informatics in 1995-2007. He was born on October 6, 1951 in Khotyn, Chernivtsi region. Chernivtsi region. In 1968, he graduated with a medal from secondary secondary school No. 4 in Khotyn and entered the the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Kharkiv University in Kharkiv. In 1973, he graduated with honors from the the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics with honors and entered and entered postgraduate studies at the Department of Mathematical Physics. У 1978 he defended his PhD thesis on the topic "Multidimensional triangular models of linear operator systems" under the supervision of Professor M.S. Livshits. У 1994 he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic "Model representations of Lie algebras of non-selfadjoint linear operators". He works at the the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Kharkiv University since 1976 as a junior researcher at the Research Department, since 1980 - Associate Professor of the Department of General Mathematics of the Faculty, and since 1995 - Professor of the Department. З 1995 to 2007 he was the head of the Department of Higher Mathematics and Informatics, in 1996 - 2006 - Dean of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Kharkiv University. On his initiative, in 1999, the Department of Higher Mathematics and Informatics in 1999. two new specialties were introduced in 1999: computer science and Information Management Systems and Technologies. He created an initiative team at the the department created an initiative team of of computer science teachers was created at the department, which became part of the of the newly created Department of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics.
- V.A. Zolotarev is a well-known expert in the field of functional analysis, namely in the theory of of non-self-adjoint and nonunitary operators. His main results are related to the theory of model representations for systems of linear, non-selfadjoint and nonunitary operators. He substantiated a new method for for studying systems of operators forming an algebra. Lie algebra, constructed a non-Abelian scattering theory on noncommutative groups, and also solved a number of problems in the theory of extensions, proposed a new conceptual approach to the study of basic properties of systems of linear non-selfadjoint and nonunitary operators, which has found wide application in the theory of functions, expansion theory, Lie algebras, and quantum group theory. He is the author of about 50 scientific papers, including monographs: "Analytical methods of spectral representations of non-self-adjoint and and nonunitary operators." - Kharkiv: V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University of V.N. Karazin, "MagPress", 2003. - 342 p.: ill."
Artem Yantsevich
- Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, in 2007-2012 Headed the Department of Higher Mathematics and Informatics. He was born on August 9, 1939 in Kharkiv. He graduated from the the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of KSU in 1961, graduated from KSU in 1964, and in 1967 defended his PhD thesis "Some problems of the theory of of the optical method of studying hydrodynamic stability", and in 1994 he defended his doctoral thesis "Evolutionary representations of Hilbert stochastic functions and non-stationary stochastic processes". After completing his postgraduate studies, he worked at Kharkiv University. Since 1993, he has been part-time professor at the Department of Mathematical modeling and computer software. З 1999 Head of the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical modeling at the Kharkiv Humanities University. "People's Ukrainian Academy". Since 2005 - Professor of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Informatics.
- The main scientific topics are devoted to the application of spectral theory of non-self-adjoint and nonunitary operators to the correlation theory of stochastic processes. He obtained spectral representations for random nonstationary (nonuniform) functions and corresponding correlation functions, which allowed him to to model wide classes of random media. З 1990 a significant part of research has been devoted to to the problems of wave propagation in statistically nonstationary and inhomogeneous media, as well as to the problems of filtering random processes. He has more than 80 publications.
Viktor T. Lysytsia
- D. in Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor. Head of the Department of of Higher Mathematics and Informatics since 2012. He was born on January 22, 1951 in the village of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, Kharkiv region. He graduated from Kupiansk secondary school No. 6 with a gold medal and in the same year entered the the same year he entered the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Kharkiv State University. After serving in the army, he worked at the the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics as a researcher of the VAT, assistant of the department of General Mathematics and the Department of Geometry. After defending his PhD thesis "Multidimensional surfaces of negative external curvature with flat normal connectivity" in 1983, he worked as a senior lecturer, associate professor of the Department of Geometry. He has published more than 60 scientific, scientific and methodological works, abstracts of various conferences. He has prepared for publication and published a textbook "Analytical Geometry" (2010 р.). He initiated the opening of of the specialty "Secondary Education (Mathematics)".