Mikhael Gromov (mathematician)

Mikhael Gromov
Михаил Громов
Gromov in 2014
Born (1943-12-23) 23 December 1943 (age 80)
NationalityRussian and French
Alma materLeningrad State University (PhD)
Known forGeometric group theory
Symplectic geometry
Systolic geometry
Gromov boundary
Gromov's compactness theorem (geometry)
Gromov's compactness theorem (topology)
Gromov's theorem on groups of polynomial growth
Gromov–Hausdorff convergence
Gromov–Ruh theorem
Gromov–Witten invariant
Gromov hyperbolic group
Gromov δ-hyperbolic space
Gromov norm
Gromov product
Gromov topology
Gromov's inequality for complex projective space
Gromov's systolic inequality
Bishop–Gromov inequality
Asymptotic dimension
Essential manifold
Filling area conjecture
Filling radius
Mean dimension
Minimal volume
Non-squeezing theorem
Pseudoholomorphic curve
Random group
Sofic group
Systolic freedom
2π theorem
AwardsOswald Veblen Prize in Geometry (1981)
Wolf Prize (1993)
Balzan Prize (1999)
Kyoto Prize (2002)
Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2004)
Bolyai Prize (2005)
Abel Prize (2009)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsInstitut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
New York University
Doctoral advisorVladimir Rokhlin
Doctoral studentsDenis Auroux
François Labourie
Pierre Pansu
Mikhail Katz

Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov (also Mikhail Gromov, Michael Gromov or Misha Gromov; Russian: Михаи́л Леони́дович Гро́мов; born 23 December 1943) is a Russian-French mathematician known for his work in geometry, analysis and group theory. He is a permanent member of Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in France and a professor of mathematics at New York University.

Gromov has won several prizes, including the Abel Prize in 2009 "for his revolutionary contributions to geometry".