Sergey Fomin
Russian American mathematician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Sergey Fomin | |
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Born | (1958-02-16) 16 February 1958 (age 66) |
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 |
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