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Muhammadiev, Ergash

Tajik mathematician Ergash Muhammadiev was born on August 10,

1941, in Asht in northern Tajikistan. He received his early education in

Asht.

Muhammadiev graduated with distinction from the Tajikistan State

University with a degree in physics and mathematics in 1964. He then

continued his education into post-graduate work at Voronezh, where he

defended his dissertation in 1967. He became a doctor of Physics and

Mathematics in 1980. He worked from 1967 at the University of

Voronezh. In 1973, he joined the faculty of Tajikistan State University,

and serving in the Department of Analytical Physics. In 1976, he

became the Acting Director of the Institute of Mathematics of the

Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. In 1981, he became the Director of

Practical Mathematics of the same institute.

Muhammadiev's research deals with the calculation of the turns of

certain vector fields, the functional structure for differentials, and the

general resolution of differentials.