Igor Krichever | |
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Born | Igor Moiseevich Krichever 8 October 1950 |
Died | 1 December 2022
New York City,
New York, U.S. | (aged 72)
Nationality | Russian |
Education | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics |
Occupation(s) | Professor Mathematician |
Igor Moiseevich Krichever ( Russian: Игорь Моисеевич Кричевер; 8 October 1950 – 1 December 2022) was a Russian academic and mathematician. [1]
Krichever was born in Kuybyshev to aviation engineer Moisey Solomonovich Krichever [2] and Maria Leyzerovna Arlievskaya. [3] He received a silver medal at the 1967 International Mathematical Olympiad. [4] He graduated from the MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics in 1972.
From 1975 to 1988, Krichever was a researcher at the Energy Institute G. M. Krzhizhanovsky . He was then a senior researcher at the Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences . In 1990, he became a senior researcher for the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics. From 1992 to 1996, he was a professor at the Independent University of Moscow. In 1997, he became a professor at Columbia University in New York City, where he served as dean of the mathematics department from 2008 to 2011. [5] In 2013, he became a professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. That same year, he became deputy director of the Institute for Information Transmission Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences .
In 2011, Krichever was awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class.
Igor Krichever died in New York City on 1 December 2022, at the age of 72. [6]
Igor Krichever | |
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Born | Igor Moiseevich Krichever 8 October 1950 |
Died | 1 December 2022
New York City,
New York, U.S. | (aged 72)
Nationality | Russian |
Education | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics |
Occupation(s) | Professor Mathematician |
Igor Moiseevich Krichever ( Russian: Игорь Моисеевич Кричевер; 8 October 1950 – 1 December 2022) was a Russian academic and mathematician. [1]
Krichever was born in Kuybyshev to aviation engineer Moisey Solomonovich Krichever [2] and Maria Leyzerovna Arlievskaya. [3] He received a silver medal at the 1967 International Mathematical Olympiad. [4] He graduated from the MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics in 1972.
From 1975 to 1988, Krichever was a researcher at the Energy Institute G. M. Krzhizhanovsky . He was then a senior researcher at the Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences . In 1990, he became a senior researcher for the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics. From 1992 to 1996, he was a professor at the Independent University of Moscow. In 1997, he became a professor at Columbia University in New York City, where he served as dean of the mathematics department from 2008 to 2011. [5] In 2013, he became a professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. That same year, he became deputy director of the Institute for Information Transmission Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences .
In 2011, Krichever was awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class.
Igor Krichever died in New York City on 1 December 2022, at the age of 72. [6]