MELITOPOL SCHOOL OF APPLIED GEOMETRY. HISTORY AND WORK EXPERIENCE

The work examines the history of formation, development and the main scientific works of the Melitopol School of Applied Geometry. The materials give a general characteristic of the main scientific directions of the school: variable discrete geometric modeling (VDGM) and point calculus Balyub-Naidish (BN calculus). The materials cover the list and peculiarities of scientific and organizational measures carried out by scientists of the school. The scientific school of applied geometry was founded by Meer Moiseevich Yuditsky in the 60s of the last century. The active personal, scientific and organizational activities of M. M. Yuditsky, the participation of scientists of the department in conferences and seminars of various levels, the defense of dissertations that took place in subsequent years gave the basis for the formation of a regional scientific center for applied geometry on the basis of the department. In 1977, Vladimir Mikhailovich Naydysh became the head of the school, which was called the Melitopol Scientific School of Applied Geometry. One of the significant results of the work of the school and its head personally is the holding in Melitopol of the annual International Scientific and Practical Conference "Modern Problems of Geometric Modeling" (held since 1994). The main scientific direction of the school is the development of the theory and applied aspects of discrete applied geometry. Since 2007, Andrei Vladimirovich Naydysh, Doctor of Technical Sciences, took over the leadership of the scientific school. Today, the basic institution of higher education for the school is the Bogdan Khmelnitsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University. Materials The modern state of the school, the level of its scientific developments, the personal achievements of the school's specialists give reason to consider the Melitopol School of Applied Geometry as having all the features of a scientific school by type - a school as a research team.