Vladimir Drinfeld

Vladimir Drinfeld
Born (1954-02-14) February 14, 1954 (age 70)
Alma materMoscow State University
Known forDrinfeld center
Drinfeld double
Drinfeld level structure
Drinfeld module
Drinfeld reciprocity
Drinfeld upper half plane
Drinfeld twist
Drinfeld–Sokolov reduction
Drinfeld–Sokolov–Wilson equation
ADHM construction
Manin–Drinfeld theorem
Yetter–Drinfeld category
Chiral algebra
Chiral homology
Quantum groups
Geometric Langlands correspondence
Grothendieck–Teichmüller group
Lie-* algebra
Opers
Quantum affine algebra
Quantized enveloping algebra
Quasi-bialgebra
Quasi-triangular quasi-Hopf algebra
Ruziewicz problem
Tate modules
AwardsFields Medal (1990)
Wolf Prize (2018)
Shaw Prize (2023)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Doctoral advisorYuri Manin

Vladimir Gershonovich Drinfeld (Ukrainian: Володи́мир Ге́ршонович Дрінфельд; Russian: Влади́мир Ге́ршонович Дри́нфельд; born February 14, 1954), surname also romanized as Drinfel'd, is a mathematician from the former USSR, who emigrated to the United States and is currently working at the University of Chicago.

Drinfeld's work connected algebraic geometry over finite fields with number theory, especially the theory of automorphic forms, through the notions of elliptic module and the theory of the geometric Langlands correspondence. Drinfeld introduced the notion of a quantum group (independently discovered by Michio Jimbo at the same time) and made important contributions to mathematical physics, including the ADHM construction of instantons, algebraic formalism of the quantum inverse scattering method, and the Drinfeld–Sokolov reduction in the theory of solitons.

He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1990.[1] In 2016, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[2] In 2018 he received the Wolf Prize in Mathematics.[3] In 2023 he was awarded the Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences.[4]

  1. ^ O'Connor, J. J.; Robertson, E. F. "Vladimir Gershonovich Drinfeld". Biographies. School of Mathematics and Statistics University of St Andrews, Scotland. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  2. ^ National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected, News from the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, May 3, 2016, retrieved 2016-05-14.
  3. ^ Jerusalem Post - Wolf Prizes 2018
  4. ^ Shaw Prize 2023