Alexander Beilinson

Alexander Beilinson
Beilinson (left) with his students
Born (1957-06-13) June 13, 1957 (age 67)
Moscow, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Known forBeilinson 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
ChildrenHelen; Vera
AwardsOstrowski Prize (1999)
Wolf Prize (2018)
Shaw Prize (2020)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Doctoral advisorYuri I. Manin
Doctoral studentsLorenzo 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]

  1. ^ National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected, National Academy of Sciences, May 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "Paul McCartney among 9 Wolf Prize recipients". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "The Shaw Prize". www.shawprize.org. Retrieved May 21, 2020.