V. P. SHESTOPALOV AND HIS SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL: FROM QUASISTATICS TO QUASIOPTICS (to mark V.P.'s birth centenary)

Abstract

The paper is dedicated to the memory of V.P. Shestopalov, an outstanding scientist known for his great contributions to radio physics, electronics, theoretical and mathematical physics. While being a holder of many formal academic degrees and titles, like PhD, DSc (Phys.-Math.), Professor, and Fellow Member of the Academy of Sciences, he was particularly honored as the founder of a scientific school vigorously developing diff raction theory and diffractional electronics. Th at school has been associated with the O.Ya. Usikov Institute for Radio Physics and Electronics where Dr. Shestopalov was Director till 1993. Today, we are marking the 100-th anniversary of Victor P. Shestopalov.

Keywords

• victor p. shestopalov
• diffraction
• riemann–hilbert problem
• spectral theory
• diffraction-radiation generator