12 Facts About Nina Bari

Nina Karlovna Bari was a Soviet mathematician known for her work on trigonometric series.

Nina Bari is well-known for two textbooks, Higher Algebra and The Theory of Series.

Nina Bari was born in Russia on 19 November 1901, the daughter of Olga and Karl Adolfovich Bari, a physician.

Nina Bari lectured at the Moscow Forestry Institute, the Moscow Polytechnic Institute, and the Sverdlov Communist Institute.

Nina Bari studied trigonometric series and functions under the tutelage of Nikolai Luzin, becoming one of his star students.

In 1926, Nina Bari completed her doctoral work on the topic of trigonometric expansions, winning the Glavnauk Prize for her thesis work.

In 1927, Nina Bari took advantage of an opportunity to study in Paris at the Sorbonne and the College de France.

Nina Bari then attended the Polish Mathematical Congress in Lwow, Poland; a Rockefeller grant enabled her to return to Paris to continue her studies.

Nina Bari was a close collaborator with Dmitrii Menshov on a number of research projects.

Nina Bari posted works at the 1956 Third All-Union Congress in Moscow and the 1958 International Congress of Mathematicians in Edinburgh.

Nina Bari was a mountain hiking enthusiast and tackled the Caucasus, Altai, Pamir and Tian Shan mountain ranges in Russia.

On 15 July 1961, Nina Bari died after being hit by a train.