Boris Zilber
British logician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British logician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boris Zilber (Russian: Борис Иосифович Зильбер, born 1949) is a Soviet-British mathematician who works in mathematical logic, specifically model theory. He is a professor of mathematical logic at the University of Oxford.
Boris Zilber | |
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Zilber in Oberwolfach 2010 | |
| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) |
| Alma mater | Novosibirsk State University Saint Petersburg State University |
| Awards | Tarski Lectures (2002) Gödel Lecture (2003) Senior Berwick Prize (2004) Pólya Prize (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, Logic, Model theory |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Groups and Rings with Categorical Theories (1975) |
| Doctoral advisor | Mikhail Taitslin |
He obtained his doctorate (Candidate of Sciences) from the Novosibirsk State University in 1975 under the supervision of Mikhail Taitslin[1] and his habilitation (Doctor of Sciences) from the Saint Petersburg State University in 1986.[2]
He received the Senior Berwick Prize (2004) and the Pólya Prize (2015) from the London Mathematical Society.[3] He also gave the Tarski Lectures in 2002.[4]
