Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina
1899–1999 (age 100)
Biography
Pelageya Yakovlevna Polubarinova-Kochina (Russian: Пелагея Яковлевна Полубаринова-Кочина; 13 May [O.S. 13 May] 1899 – 3 July 1999) was a Soviet and Russian applied mathematician, known for her work on fluid mechanics and hydrodynamics, particularly, the application of Fuchsian equations, as well in the history of mathematics. She was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union in 1946 and full member (academician) in 1958.