Alexey Gorgidze belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Alexey Gorgidze as Georgian mathematician (1907-1992).
Alexey Gorgidze was born at Kutaisi in 1907. His recorded nationality is Democratic Republic of Georgia. He studied at Tbilisi State University.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the foundations of mathematics were under open attack, and set theory and logic became urgent questions.
His academic posts were held at Tbilisi State University.
The recorded fields of work are mechanics and elasticity theory.
Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
Recognition followed: State Prize of Georgia (1998).
That the work was done from Democratic Republic of Georgia matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Alexey Gorgidze died in 1992, aged 85. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- State Prize of Georgia — 1998
- Held posts at Tbilisi State University
- Fields: mechanics and elasticity theory
