The seminar is sponsored by:             Russian Foundation for Basic Research
                                                             International Union of Radio Science
                                                             IEEE ED/MTT/AP St.Petersburg Chapter

(C)     Day on Diffraction Faculty of Physics, SPbU 1999
IEEE  Catalog Number: 99EX367
ISBN  5-7997-0156-9
Print run    200
Reg. no 1058, Nov.11,1999

    All his life is closely bound with the faculty of physics of St.Petersburg State University. He studied at this faculty as a student. Afterwards he worked there at the Department of Mathematical Physics - first as an assistant professor, later on as an associate professor, and finally as a professor. His wife and both his sons also have graduated from the same faculty. Over thirty students and over fifteen postgraduate students have been his direct pupils and around ten of them are now professors at St.Petersburg State University and at other universities.

    The scientific interests of Professor V.S. Buldyrev mainly lay in the field of mathematical theory of diffraction. His first researches were devoted to analytic study of explicit solutions for simple models. Further he turned to asymptotic methods. Most problems for investigation were taken by him from important physical applications. For studies in laser physics V.S. Buldyrev was awarded the first Leningrad university Prize. For researches in geophysics he was awarded the State Prize. Later he established important results in the theory of acoustic waveguides. New researches of St­Petersbourg school in diffraction theory were presented in two monographs ``Short Wave Diffraction Theory'' and ``Space­time Ray Method'' with coauthorship of Prof. V.S. Buldyrev. These monographs first were published in Russia and later were translated into English. The third book ``Mathematical Methods in Modern Electromagnetic Diffraction Theory'' is now in press in Japan. New style in mathematical education realized by V.S. Buldyrev at the faculty of physics is reflected in the textbook ``Functions of Many Variables and Linear Algebra'' written by V.S. Buldyrev in collaboration with B.S. Pavlov.

    Professor V.S. Buldyrev leads intensive organizing activity in his scientific field. He was the Chairman of the local organizing Committee of URSI Symposium on Electro­ magnetic Theory in 1995. Many years he is a Co­Chairman of the annual workshop ''Day of Diffraction''.

    Regular participants of the workshop ''Day of Diffraction'' and former students of Prof. V.S. Buldyrev congratulate him with the 70­th anniversary and wish him health, energy and scientific activity. On behalf of the Organizing Committee DD­99 Professor Sergey Slavyanov