Yakov Eliashberg
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Yakov Matveevich Eliashberg (also Yasha Eliashberg; Russian: Яков Матвеевич Элиашберг; born 11 December 1946) is an American mathematician who was born in Leningrad, USSR.
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Yakov Eliashberg | |
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Born | (1946-12-11) 11 December 1946 (age 77) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | St. Petersburg State University |
Known for | Homotopy principle |
Awards | Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry (2001) Heinz Hopf Prize (2013) Crafoord Prize (2016) Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2020) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2023) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Thesis | Surgery of Singularities of Smooth Mappings (1972) |
Doctoral advisor | Vladimir Rokhlin[1] |
Doctoral students | |
Website | mathematics |
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