Sergei Novikov | |
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Сергей Новиков | |
| Born | 20 March 1938 |
| Died | 6 June 2024 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Known for | Adams–Novikov spectral sequence Novikov conjecture Novikov ring Novikov–Shubin invariant Novikov–Veselov equation Novikov's compact leaf theorem Wess–Zumino–Novikov–Witten model |
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| Relatives | Mstislav Keldysh (uncle) Leonid Keldysh (step-brother) |
| Awards | Lenin Prize (1967) Fields Medal (1970) Lobachevsky Medal (1981) Wolf Prize (2005) Lomonosov Gold Medal (2020) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Moscow State University Steklov Institute of Mathematics University of Maryland |
| Doctoral advisor | Mikhail Postnikov |
| Doctoral students | Fedor Bogomolov Victor Buchstaber Boris Dubrovin Sabir Gusein-Zade Gennadi Kasparov Alexandr Mishchenko Iskander Taimanov Anton Zorich |
Sergei Petrovich Novikov[a] (Russian: Серге́й Петро́вич Но́виков [sʲɪrˈɡʲej pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈnovʲɪkəf]; 20 March 1938 – 6 June 2024) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, noted for work in both algebraic topology and soliton theory. He became the first Soviet mathematician to receive the Fields Medal in 1970.
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