Vladimir Zakalyukin Explained

Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakalyukin
Birth Date:	9 July 1951
Birth Place:	Moscow, Soviet Union
Death Place:	Moscow, Russia
Nationality:	Russian
Fields:	Mathematics
Workplaces:	Moscow State University University of Liverpool Moscow Aviation Institute
Alma Mater:	Moscow State University
Doctoral Advisor:	Vladimir Arnold

Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakalyukin (in Russian: Владимир Михайлович Закалюкин; 9 July 1951 – 30 December 2011) was a Russian mathematician known for his research on singularity theory, differential equations, and optimal control theory.

He obtained his Ph.D. at Moscow State University in 1977 (the thesis: "Lagrangian and Legendrian singularities"). His thesis advisor was Vladimir Arnold.^[1] In 2007 he won the MAIK Nauka award for best research publication in Russian. He worked at the Moscow State University, the University of Liverpool, and the Moscow Aviation Institute.^[2]

Selected publications

• V. M. Zakalyukin, "Lagrangian and Legendrian singularities", Functional Analysis and Its Applications, 1976.
• V. M. Zakalyukin, "Reconstructions of fronts and caustics depending on a parameter and versality of mappings", Journal of Soviet Mathematics, 1984.
• V. M. Zakalyukin, "Singularities of Circle-Surface Contacts and Flags", Functional Analysis and Its Applications, 1997.
• V. V. Goryunov, V. M. Zakalyukin, "Simple symmetric matrix singularities and the subgroups of Weyl groups Aμ, Dμ, Eμ", Mosc. Math. J., 3:2 (2003).
• J.-P. Gauthier, V. M. Zakalyukin, "On the motion planning problem, complexity, entropy, and nonholonomic interpolation", J. Dyn. Control Syst., 12:3 (2006).

External links

• R.I.P. (Independent University of Moscow)
• R.I.P. (Kelvin Houston)

Notes and References

1. http://iopscience.iop.org/0036-0279/67/2/M06 A. A. Agrachev, D. V. Anosov, I. A. Bogaevskii, A. S. Bortakovskii, A. B. Budak, V. A. Vasil’ev, V. V. Goryunov, S. M. Gusein-Zade, A. A. Davydov, V. K. Zarodov, V. D. Sedykh, D. V. Treshchev, and V. N. Chubarikov. Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakalyukin (obituary), translated by E. Khukhro
2. http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?option_lang=eng&personid=18579 All-Russian Mathematical Portal