C U R R 
I C U L U M   V I T A E
Sergo 
Kharibegahvili
AFFILIATION                      
A. 
Razmadze Mathematical Institute
Georgian 
Academy of Sciences
1, 
M. Aleksidze Str., Tbilisi 380093
Georgia
E-mail:
khar@rmi.acnet.ge
 
 
PERSONAL 
 DATA             
Date of Birth:   
  20.01.1953
Place of Birth:  
 Telavi, 
Georgia 
Nationality:   Georgian
Marital Status:   
Married, two children
 
 
EDUCATION  AND  SCIENTIFIC  DEGREES 
1969-1974                   Student 
of the M. 
V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 
Faculty 
of Mechanics and Mathematics
June, 
1974                   Diploma (M.D.) in Mathematics
1974-1976                   Probationer–researcher of the V. A. Steklov 
Mathematical Institute 
of the Russian 
Academy of Sciences (Moscow)
1976-1979                   Post-graduate student of the same department
May, 
1980                   
Candidate 
of Physical & Mathematical Sciences 
(Ph. 
D. in Mathematics),
the same 
department
December, 
1987          Doctor of Physical & Mathematical Sciences (Doct. Hab.),  
A. 
Razmadze Mathematical Institute, Georgian Academy of Sciences 
 
 
LANGUAGES                       
Georgian, Russian, English
 
 
POSITIONS  HELD 
AND  ACADEMIC  EXPERIENCE
1980-1985      
            
Junior Researcher at the Department of Partial Differential Equations 
of I. Vekua 
Institute of Applied Mathematics of Tbilisi State University
1985-1988                   Senior Researcher at the same department 
1988-1992      
            
Leading Researcher at the same department 
1992-1993                   Professor of the Department of Mathematics (99) at 
the Georgian 
Technical 
University, Tbilisi
 
1993-1998                   Head of the Department of Theoretical Mechanics (4) 
at the Georgian 
Technical 
University, Tbilisi
1998 - 
present              Leading Researcher at the A. Razmadze Mathematical 
Institute of Georgian 
Academy of 
Sciences, Tbilisi
 
 
ALSO
1990-1992                   Part-Time Professor (half of the full staff) of the 
Department 
of Mathematics 
(99) at the Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi
1993 - present 
             Chief Researcher (half of the full staff) at the Department of 
Partial 
Differential 
Equations of I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics 
of Tbilisi State 
University
1999 - present 
             Part-Time Professor (half of the full staff) of the Department of 
Differential 
and Integral 
Equations of Tbilisi State University
 
 
RESEARCH
 AREAS          
Partial 
Differential Equations. 
Boundary
Value
and Mixed 
problems for Linear Hyperbolic 
Partial 
Differential Equations and Systems
 
 
ADDITIONAL 
INFORMATION
1993-1994                   Scientific Secretary of Presidium of Georgian 
Mathematical Union
1994-1997                   Vise-President of Georgian Mathematical Union
February, 
1997            N. Muskhelishvili Prize Laureate of the Georgian Academy of 
Sciences
 
 
MAIN  PUBLICATIONS
  - 
  The characteristic problem for hyperbolic 
  second order systems with constant coefficients. 
  (Russian) Differentsial'nye 
  Uravneniya 14(1978), No. 1, 123-135; English transl.: Differ. 
  Equations 14(1978), No. 1, 87-96. 
 
  - 
  The characteristic problem for second order 
  strictly hyperbolic systems with two independent variables. 
  (Russian) Differentsial'nye 
  Uravneniya 15(1979), No. 1, 142-152; English transl.: Differ. 
  Equations 15(1979), No. 1, 99-106. 
 
  - 
  A problem of Goursat type for a certain class 
  of hyperbolic systems. 
  (Russian) Differentsial'nye Uravneniya 17(1981), No. 1, 157-164; 
  English. transl.: Differ. Equations 17(1981), No. 1, 110-115.
  
 
  - 
  4. Goursat problem for a class of systems of 
  second order hyperbolic equations. 
  (Russian) Differentsial'nye 
  Uravneniya 18(1982), No. 1, 152-166; English transl.: Differ. 
  Equations 18(1982), No. 1, 131-142. 
 
  - 
  Solvability of a Goursat problem for second 
  order normally hyperbolic systems with variable coefficients. 
  (Russian) Differentsial'nye 
  Uravneniya 19(1983), No. 1, 137-145; English transl.: Differ. 
  Equations 19(1983), No. 1, 114-123. 
 
  - 
  On some boundary value problem for normally 
  hyperbolic systems of second order. 
  (Russian) Soobshch. Akad. Nauk 
  Gruz. SSR 116(1984), No. 2, 269-272. 
 
  - 
  About the solvability of some boundary value 
  problem for linear normally hyperbolic second order systems with variable 
  coefficients. (Russian) 
  Soobshch. Akad. Nauk Gruz. SSR 116(1984), No. 3, 477-480. 
  
 
  - 
  On some higher dimensional problem of Goursat 
  type for strictly hyperbolic systems of second order. 
  (Russian) Soobshch. Akad. Nauk 
  Gruz. SSR 117(1985), No. 1, 37-40. 
 
  - 
  Characteristic problem for a class of second 
  order hyperbolic systems with parabolic degeneration. 
  (Russian) Soobshch. Akad. Nauk 
  Gruz. SSR 117(1985), No. 2, 261-263. 
 
  - 
  On the solvability of a class of degenerate 
  functional equations. 
  (Russian) Soobshch. Akad. Nauk Gruz. SSR 117(1985), No. 3, 
  497-499. 
 
  - 
  On a boundary value problem for a second order 
  hyperbolic equation. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 280(1985), 
  No. 6, 1313-1316; English. transl.: Sov. Math., Dokl. 31(1985), 
  250-252. 
 
  - 
  A boundary value problem for second order 
  normally hyperbolic systems with variable coefficients. 
  (Russian) Differentsial'nye 
  Uravneniya 21(1985), No. 1, 149-155; English transl.: Differ. 
  Equations 21(1985), No. 1, 121-126. 
 
  - 
  A characteristic problem for a class of second 
  order hyperbolic systems with a parabolic degeneration. 
  (Russian) Differentsial'nye 
  Uravneniya 22(1986), No. 1, 153-164; English transl.: Differ. 
  Equations 22(1986), No. 1, 122-131. 
 
  - 
  Solvability of a boundary value problem for 
  second order hyperbolic equations. 
  (Russian) Trudy Inst. Prikl. Mat. 
  Im. I. N. Vekua 19(1987), 122-173. 
 
  - 
  Solvability of a characteristic problem for 
  degenerate second order hyperbolic systems. 
  (Russian) Differentsial'nye 
  Uravneniya 25(1989), No. 1, 154-162; English transl.: Differ. 
  Equations 25(1989), No.1, 123-131. 
 
  - 
  The characteristic problem for a class of 
  second order hyperbolic systems with degeneration of the type and order.
  (Russian) Soobshch. Akad. 
  Nauk Gruz. SSR 135(1989), No. 2, 269-271. 
 
  - 
  Characteristic problem for a class of second 
  order hyperbolic systems with type-changes on characteristics. 
  (Russian) Differentsial'nye 
  Uravneniya 26(1990), No. 2, 305-313; English transl.: Differ. 
  Equations 26(1990), No. 2, 235-242. 
 
  - 
  On a characteristic problem for second order 
  hyperbolic systems with degeneration of type and order. 
  (Russian) Soobshch. Akad. Nauk 
  Gruz. SSR 140(1990), No. 1, 29-31. 
 
  - 
  On a spatial problem for high order strictly 
  hyperbolic systems in several independent variables. 
  (Russian) Bull. Georgian Acad. 
  Sci. 146(1992), No. 1, 478-481. 
 
  - 
  On the correct formulation of one 
  multidimensional problem for strictly hyperbolic equations of higher order.
  Proc. Georgian Acad. Sci., 
  Math. 1(1993), No. 
  2, 159-169. 
 
  - 
  On the correct formulation of a 
  multidimensional problem for strictly hyperbolic equations of higher order.
  Georgian Math. J.
  1(1994), No. 2, 141-150. 
 
  - 
  On a spatial problem of Darboux type for a 
  second order hyperbolic equation. 
  Georgian Math. J.
  2(1995), No. 3, 299-311. 
 
  - 
  On the solvability of a spatial problem of 
  Darboux type for the wave equation. 
  Georgian Math. J.
  2(1995), No. 4, 385-394. 
 
  - 
  Goursat and Darboux type problems for linear 
  hyperbolic partial differential equations and systems. 
  Mem. Differential Equations Math. 
  Phys. 4(1995), 
  1-127. 
 
  - 
  On the solvability of a Darboux type 
  non-characteristic spatial problem for the wave equation. 
  Georgian Math. J.
  3(1996), No. 1, 59-68. 
 
  - 
  On a Darboux type multidimensional problem for 
  second order hyperbolic systems. 
  Georgian Math. J.
  3(1996), No. 4, 363-378. 
 
  - 
  On the solvability of the multidimensional 
  version of the first Darboux problem for a model second-order degenerating 
  hyperbolic equation. 
  Georgian Math. J. 4(1997), 
  No. 4, 341-354. 
 
  - 
  On the solvability of a multidimensional 
  version of the Goursat problem for a second order hyperbolic equation with 
  characteristic degeneration. 
  Mem. Differential Equations Math. 
  Phys. 11(1997), 
  89-103. 
 
  - 
  To the theory of boundary value problems for 
  hyperbolic type equations and systems (with J. Gvazava). 
  Mem. Differential Equations Math. 
  Phys. 12(1997), 
  68-75. 
 
  - 
  On some multidimensional versions of a 
  characteristic problem for second order degenerating hyperbolic equations.
  Georgian Math. J.
  5(1998), No. 2, 139-156. 
 
  - 
  On some boundary value problems for an 
  ultrahyperbolic equation. 
  Georgian Math. J. 5(1998), 
  No. 4, 341-360. 
 
  - 
  Boundary value problems for a class of systems 
  of second order partial differential equations. 
  (Russian) Differentsial'nye 
  Uravneniya 34(1998), No. 1, 114-122; English transl.: Differ. 
  Equations 34(1998), No. 1, 117-125. 
 
  - 
  On the solvability of some multidimensional 
  versions of the Goursat problem for a first order hyperbolic system. 
  (Russian) Differentsial'nye 
  Uravneniya 35(1999), No. 8, 1112-1121. 
 
  - 
  On the formulation of characteristic problems 
  for first order symmetric hyperbolic systems. 
  (Russian) Differentsial'nye 
  Uravneniya 36(2000), No. 8, 1113-1122. 
 
  - 
  Direct and inverse fluid-structure interaction 
  problems (with D. Natroshvili and Z. Tediashvili). 
  Rend. Mat. Appl. 
  (7) 20(2000), 57-92. 
 
  - 
  On a vibration of elastic cusped burs (with G. 
  Jaiani). Bull. TICMI
  4(2000), 24-28. 
 
  - 
  A multidimensional version of the first 
  Darboux problem for a second order degenerating hyperbolic equation. 
  Appl. Math. Inform.
  5 (2000), No. 1, 66-76. 
 
  - 
  Some mathematical problems related to the 
  first approximation of  I. Vekua's theory for cusped prismatic shells (with G. 
  Devdariani, G. Jaiani, D. Natroshvili). 
  Appl. Math. Inform.
  5(2000), No. 2, 26-46. 
 
  - 
  Dynamical problems in the (0,0) and (1,0) 
  approximations of a mathematical model of cusped bars (with G. Jaiani). 
  Functional-analytic and Complex Methods, Interactions, and Applications to 
  Partial Differential Equations. Proceedings of the International 
  Graz Workshop 
  (Graz, Astrie, 
  12-16, February), 188-247, World Scientific, 2001. 
 
  - 
  On the solvability of some boundary value 
  problems for symmetric first order hyperbolic systems in a dihedral angle.
  Mem. Differential 
  Equations Math. Phys. 
  27(2002), 115-144. 
 
  - 
  On the correct formulation of some nonlocal 
  problems for the wave equations. 
  (Russian) Differentsial'nye 
  Uravneniya 39(2003), No. 4, 539-553. 
 
  - 
  On the correct formulation of some boundary 
  value problems for symmetric hyperbolic systems of first order in a dihedral 
  angle. Mem. Differential 
  Equations Math. Phys. 
  29(2003), 1-30. 
 
  - 
  Hierarchical models for elastic cusped plates 
  and beams (with G. Jaiani, D. Natroshvili, and W. L. Wendland). 
  Lect. Notes TICMI
  4 (2003), 1-121. 
 
  - 
  A multidimensional version of the Darboux 
  problem for a model egenerating second order d hyperbolic equation. 
  (Russian) Differentsial'nye 
  Uravneniya 40 (2004), No. 4, 565-573; English transl.: 
  Differential Equations 40 (2004), No. 4, 610-619. 
 
  - 
  On some boundary value problems for a class of 
  hyperbolic systems of second order in a conic domains. 
  Mem. Differential Equations Math. 
  Phys. (to appear).