Sobolev space
Espacio de Sóbolev
- Date
- 1938 · confidence high
- Place
- Leningrad, Russia
- Credited to
- Sergei Sobolev
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What was discovered
Soviet mathematician Sergei Sobolev introduced the spaces bearing his name in 1938, formed by functions equipped with a norm combining their size with that of their weak derivatives, an essential tool for the study of partial differential equations.
What it led to
- Modern theory of partial differential equations
- Finite element methods
- Functional analysis applied to mathematical physics