VEKUA 410 



Electrotechnical Institute from 1930 until 1936 when he began 

 work at the Institute of Physics of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sci- 

 ences. In 1956 he started working at the Joint Institute of 

 Nuclear Research. He became a Corresponding Member of 

 the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences in 1946 and in 1958 an Acade- 

 mician. 



Veksler has worked on development of experimental methods 

 used in investigations of x-rays, atomic nucleus, and cosmic 

 radiation such as the use and mode of action of Geiger-Muller 

 and proportional counters. He also studied electron-nuclear 

 showers in cosmic rays. Well known is Veksler's work on 

 the theory of particle accelerators. In 1944, he proposed a 

 principle of phase stability of particles and used it as a basis 

 of new types of accelerators- -synchrotrons and synchro- 

 cyclotrons. 



In November 1959, Veksler visited the United States on a 

 Nuclear Science Exchange program in New York City. 

 Bibliography: 



New method of accelerating of relativistic particles. Dok- 



lady Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., 1944, 43, #8. 



and L. Groshev, B. Isaev. Ionization Methods in Irradiation 



Research. Moscow -Leningrad: 1949. 

 Office: Joint Institute of Nuclear Problems 



Dubno, Moscow, USSR 

 Residence: ul. Chkalova 21/2 



Moscow, USSR 

 Telephone: K7 39 56 



VEKUA, ILYA NESTQROVICH (Mathematician) 



I. N. Vekua was born May 6, 1907 in Sheshelety, Georgian 

 S.S.R. In 1930 he graduated from Tbilisi University and holds 

 the degree of Doctor of Physical-Mathematical Science. He 

 began working at Moscow University in 1952 and in 1953 at the 

 Mathematics Institute of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. In 

 1946 he was elected Academician of the Georgian S.S.R. Acade- 

 my of Sciences, also a Corresponding Member of the U.S.S.R. 

 Academy of Sciences, and in 1958 Academician. He was award- 

 ed in 1950 a Stalin Prize. 



Vekua has utilized methods of the theory of analytical functions 

 of a complex variable for the solution of differential and inte- 

 gral equations, which are met in problems of physics and me- 

 chanics, particularly the theory of elasticity. He obtained so- 

 lutions to equations of steady -state oscillations of an elastic 

 cylinder, thin plates and sloping shells, and torsion and bending 



