Volodymyr Petryshyn

Walter Volodymyr Petryshyn (Vladimir Petryshin) (January 22, 1929 - March 21, 2019) was a famous Ukrainian mathematician. On May 6, 1996 Petryshyn killed his wife, Ukrainian-American painter Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn. He suffered from a severe depression which caused the tragedy and was found not guilty by reason of insanity.[1] In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[2]

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  1. , retrieved 2016-07-12.
  2. List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-05-05.


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