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Also known as Andrei Yuryevich Okounkov

Russian mathematician

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  • Inverse Problems
  • Versatility of Integrability

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Born
Andrei Yuryevich Okounkov , ( 1969-07-26 ) July 26, 1969 (age 56) , Moscow , Soviet Union
Alma mater
Moscow State University ( BS , PhD )
Awards
EMS Prize (2004) , Fields Medal (2006) , Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2026)
Fields
Mathematics
Institutions
Columbia University , National Research University – Higher School of Economics , Princeton University , University of California, Berkeley , University of Chicago
Doctoral advisor
Alexandre Kirillov

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Encyclopedic overview

Andrei Yuryevich Okounkov (Russian: Андре́й Ю́рьевич Окунько́в, Andrej Okun'kov, born July 26, 1969) is a Russian mathematician who works on representation theory and its applications to algebraic geometry, mathematical physics, probability theory and special functions. He is currently a professor at Columbia University and the academic supervisor of HSE International Laboratory of Representation Theory and Mathematical Physics. In 2006, he received the Fields Medal "for his contributions to bridging probability, representation theory and algebraic geometry."

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