Svetlana Jitomirskaya
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Svetlana Yakovlevna Jitomirskaya (born June 4, 1966) is a Soviet-born American mathematician working on dynamical systems and mathematical physics.[1][2] She is a distinguished professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech and UC Irvine.[3] She is best known for solving the ten martini problem along with mathematician Artur Avila.[4][5]
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Svetlana Jitomirskaya | |
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Born | (1966-06-04) June 4, 1966 (age 57) |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Known for | Ten martini problem |
Awards | Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics (2005) Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (2020) Olga Ladyzhenskaya Prize (2022) |
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Fields | Mathematics |
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Thesis | Spectral and Statistical Properties of Lattice Hamiltonians (1991) |
Doctoral advisor | Yakov Sinai |
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