Sergey Fomin | |
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| Born | 16 February 1958 |
| Nationality | Russia, United States |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
| Known for | Cluster algebras |
| Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
| Doctoral advisor | Anatoly Vershik Leonid Osipov |
Sergey Vladimirovich Fomin (Сергей Владимирович Фомин) (born 16 February 1958 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian American mathematician who has made important contributions in combinatorics and its relations with algebra, geometry, and representation theory. Together with Andrei Zelevinsky, he introduced cluster algebras.