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Vladimir Drinfeld
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mathematician from the former Ukrainian SSR, who emigrated to the United States and is currently working at the University of Chicago
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Vladimir Drinfeld is a mathematician and university teacher born in Kharkiv in 1954. He works in number theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics. Drinfeld is a citizen of Ukraine, the Soviet Union, and the United States. He speaks English and Russian. He participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad.
He was educated at Lomonosov Moscow State University. His doctoral advisor was Yuri Manin. Drinfeld has received the Fields medal, the Wolf Prize in Mathematics, and the Shaw Prize. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the French Academy of Sciences.
He has been employed by the University of Chicago and the B Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering. His name in his native language is Владимир Гершонович Дринфельд or Володимир Гершонович Дрінфельд. He has an Erdős number of 4.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1954-02-14 ) February 14, 1954 (age 72) , Kharkiv , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union (now Kharkiv, Ukraine )
- Alma mater
- Moscow State University
- Awards
- Fields Medal (1990) , Wolf Prize (2018) , Shaw Prize (2023)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- University of Chicago
- Doctoral advisor
- Yuri Manin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vladimir
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kharkiv
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Award
- Shaw Prize
- Participant in
- International Mathematical Olympiad
- Doctoral advisor
- Yuri Manin
- Student of
- Yuri Manin
- Field of work
- number theory
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- date of birth
- 1954-02-14
- member of
- French Academy of Sciences
- Erdős number
- 4
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- name in native language
- Володимир Гершонович Дрінфельд
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Encyclopedic overview
Vladimir Gershonovich Drinfeld (Ukrainian: Володи́мир Ге́ршонович Дрінфельд; born February 14, 1954), surname also romanized as Drinfel'd, is a mathematician from Ukraine, who immigrated to the US and works at the University of Chicago.
Drinfeld's work connected algebraic geometry over finite fields with number theory, especially the theory of automorphic forms, through the notions of elliptic module and the theory of the geometric Langlands correspondence. Drinfeld introduced the notion of a quantum group (independently discovered by Michio Jimbo at the same time) and made important contributions to mathematical physics, including the ADHM construction of instantons, algebraic formalism of the quantum inverse scattering method, and the Drinfeld–Sokolov reduction in the theory of solitons.
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