Mikhail Gromov

Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov ?????? ?????????? ?????? (born December 23, 1943, also known as Mikhael Gromov, Michael Gromov, or Misha Gromov) is a mathematician known for important contributions in many different areas of geometry, especially metric geometry,

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December 23 - 1943 - Mathematician - Metric geometry

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symplectic geometry, and geometric group theory.

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Symplectic geometry - Geometric group theory

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Mikhail Gromov studied for a doctorate (1973) in Leningrad, where he was a student of V. A. Rokhlin. He is now a permanent member of IHÉS, and Jay Gould Professor of Mathematics at New York University.

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Leningrad - V. A. Rokhlin - IHÉS - Jay Gould - New York University

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He was awarded the Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 1993 and the Nemmers Prize in Mathematics in 2004. He is known, amongst other things, for his h-principle on differential relations, for his work on hyperbolic groups, and for introducing pseudoholomorphic curves into symplectic topology.

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Wolf Prize in Mathematics - Nemmers Prize in Mathematics - H-principle - Differential relation - Hyperbolic group - Pseudoholomorphic curve - Symplectic topology

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