Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov Research Articles

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov, an Outstanding Scientist, the Founder of the KB-11 Mathematical School

The article is devoted to Nikolai Bogolyubov, the outstanding scientist, one of the creators of modern nuclear weapons, Hero of Socialist Labor, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, Honored Science Worker of the Ukrainian SSR, winner of the Lenin Prize, two Stalin Prizes and the State Prize of the USSR. The article provides information about the family, childhood years and the stages of formation of N.N. Bogolyubov as a scientist and an organizer of science. Special attention is paid to the presentation of materials about the role and contribution of Bogolyubov to the success of the Nuclear Project.

On the 100th anniversary of birthday of academician Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (1909–2009)

Bogolyubov is rightfully regarded not only as a mathematician but also as a dynamist and theoretical physicist. However, in the first place, he was an outstanding mathematician who made fundamental con tributions to mathematics and its applications, starting from his young age. Numerous articles and even books are available about Bogolyubov’s life and works. However, they primarily cover his discoveries in nonlinear mechanics and theoretical physics, while only a brief account is given of his research on the cal culus of variations, computational mathematics, and applications. Bogolyubov’s major contributions to these areas are scarcely described even in large books concerning his accomplishments, such as A.N. Bogolyubov, N.N. Bogolyubov: Life and Works (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 1996); On the 100th Anniversary of Birthday of Academician Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (1909–2009)

Academician Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (for the 100th anniversary of his birth)

This paper is dedicated to the memory of N. N. Bogolyubov in recognition of his towering stature in nonlinear mechanics and theoretical physics, his remarkable many-sided genius, and the originality and depth of his contribution to the world’s science. The paper briefly describes Bogolyubov’s achievements in nonlinear mechanics, classical statistical physics, theory of superconductivity, quantum field theory, and strong interaction theory

My Relations with Physicists Who Contributed Essentially to Our Understanding of Superconductivity

I mention here N.N. Bogolyubov, L.D. Landau, P.L. Kapitza, A.A. Abrikosov, V.L. Ginzburg, J. Bardeen, and K.A. Muller. I presented the essence of their results on the way to a better understanding the superconductivity (six of them have received the Nobel Prize). I have selected various interesting episodes from their biographies. I have supplemented all this with my personal observations from numerous, meetings with them. I have been interested in theory of superconductivity since 1958, when I arrived at the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna. I arrived there in order to work under direction of the physicist and mathematician Professor Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov. At the time he was the Director of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics JINR. My arrival in Dubna was a consequence of the fact that in 1956 I have received Ph.D. for the dissertation, which provided a broad generalization of the ideas of Prof N.N. Bogolyubov devoted to the many-body theory. Namely, he introduced the so-called supplementary variables, in order to describe in a more efficient way, the system of interacting electrons in metals. I generalized this idea and considered together electrons and crystal–lattice ions. I presented quite new approach to the theory of metallic bond in metals. My supervisor, Prof. R.S. Ingarden, when visiting Laboratory Kharkov (Ukraine), has learned about the Bogolyubov ideas and copied by hand the Bogolyubov paper containing about 60 pages. During the period of preparations of my thesis I studied other Bogolyubov papers and presented them at a seminar in our Theoretical Physics Department. Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (1909–1992), Ukrainian, attended the school in Kiev where he lived with a Polish family. Because of this situation he understood Polish and liked Polish people. Knowing my interest in the Bogolyubov work, Prof. Rzewuski took steps towards organizing my long-term visit to Dubna after the end of his stay there. Bogolyubov’s father was an orthodox-rite priest and later, professor of theology. When Nikolai Nikolaevich was 13 years old he already attended in Kiev seminars in the Department of Mathematical Physics, directed then by well known mathematician Prof. N.N. Krylov. His first scientific paper, with Krylov, was published in 1925, i.e. at the age of 15. As the son of a priest (who was arrested without any accusation and died very soon later), he could not study at “Soviet” Universities. Fortunately, he worked scientifically and in 1930 received his Ph.D. in Mathematics (at the age of 21). As we see, he had no formal university studies. Since 1965, N.N. Bogolyubov was the Director of JINR. At

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (K vos'midesyatiletiyu so dnya rozhdeniya)

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (K vos'midesyatiletiyu so dnya rozhdeniya)

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (on his seventieth birth anniversary)

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (on his seventieth birth anniversary)

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov on his seventieth birthday

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov on his seventieth birthday

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (K semidesyatiletiyu so dnya rozhdeniya)

Николай Николаевич Боголюбов (К семидесятилетию со дня рождения), Амбарцумян В.А., Басов Н.Г., Логунов А.А., Марков М.А., Понтекорво Б.М., Прохоров А.М., Черенков П.А.

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (on his sixtieth birthday)

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (on his sixtieth birthday)

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (On the occasion of his sixtieth birthday)

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (On the occasion of his sixtieth birthday)

Николай Николаевич Боголюбов (к пятидесятилетию со дня рождения)

Николай Николаевич Боголюбов (к пятидесятилетию со дня рождения)