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Alexander Beilinson | |
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 Beilinson (left) with his students | |
| Born | June 13, 1957 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Known for | Beilinson conjectures Beilinson element Beilinson regulator Beilinson–Bernstein localization Beilinson–Lichtenbaum conjecture Beilinson–Parshin conjecture Chiral algebra Chiral homology Decomposition theorem Lie-* algebra Perverse sheaves t-structure Tate vector space |
| Children | Helen; Vera |
| Awards | Ostrowski Prize (1999) Wolf Prize (2018) Shaw Prize (2020) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Yuri I. Manin |
| Doctoral students | Lorenzo Ramero |
Alexander A. Beilinson (born 1957) is the David and Mary Winton Green University professor at the University of Chicago and works on mathematics. His research has spanned representation theory, algebraic geometry and mathematical physics. In 1999, Beilinson was awarded the Ostrowski Prize with Helmut Hofer. In 2017, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[1] In 2018, he received the Wolf Prize in Mathematics[2] and in 2020 the Shaw Prize in Mathematics.[3]
- ^ National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected, National Academy of Sciences, May 2, 2017.
- ^ "Paul McCartney among 9 Wolf Prize recipients". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ^ "The Shaw Prize". www.shawprize.org. Retrieved May 21, 2020.