Naum Meiman
| Naum Natanovich (Nokhim Sanalevich) Meiman | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Наум Натанович (Нохим Санелевич) Мейман |
| Born |
May 12, 1912 Bazar, Ukraine, Russian Empire |
| Died | March 31, 2001 (aged 88) Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Residence | Germany |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire → Soviet Union → Israel |
| Nationality | Ukrainian Jew |
| Fields | mathematics |
| Institutions | |
| Alma mater | Kazan State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Nikolai Chebotaryov |
| Known for | human rights activism with participation in dissident movement in the Soviet Union |
| Notable awards | USSR State Prize |
| Spouse | Inna Meiman-Kitrossky |
Naum Natanovich (Nokhim Sanalevich) Meiman (Russian: Нау́м Ната́нович (Но́хим Са́нелевич) Ме́йман, 12 May 1912, Bazar, Ukraine – 31 March 2001, Tel Aviv) was a Soviet mathematician, and dissident. He is known for his work in complex analysis, partial differential equations, and mathematical physics, as well as for his dissident activity, in particular, for being a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group.
He was born in Bazar, Ukraine on 12 May 1912. In 1932 he graduated from Kazan State University as an extern. In 1937 being only 26 years old, he submitted his Ph.D. under the supervision of Nikolai Chebotaryov, and was immediately awarded the degree Doktor nauk. In 1939 he became a full professor at Kazan State University.
He worked for two years in the Mathematics Institute at the University of Kharkiv, where he became friends with Lev Landau with whom he collaborated for many years. After the Second World War, he went to Moscow and worked at the Institute for Physical Problems, where he was a head of the mathematics lab. Then he worked in the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics. In 1953, he was awarded a Stalin prize for his work in theoretical physics. He made important contributions in the development of nuclear weapons in the USSR.
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