Igor Dolgachev | |
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Born | April 7, 1944 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Moscow State University (1966) |
Known for | Dolgachev surface |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Michigan |
Thesis | On the purity of the degeneration locus of families of curves (1970) |
Doctoral advisor | Igor Shafarevich |
Igor V. Dolgachev (born 7 April 1944[1]) is a Russian–American mathematician specializing in algebraic geometry. He has been a professor at the University of Michigan since 1978. He introduced Dolgachev surfaces in 1981.[2]
Dolgachev completed his Ph.D. at Moscow State University in 1970, with thesis On the purity of the degeneration locus of families of curves written under the supervision of Igor Shafarevich.[3]