Vladimir Arnold
Vladimir Arnold (12 June 1937 — 3 June 2010) was a Russian mathematician of Jewish descent,[1] said to be one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century.[2] He worked in many areas of mathematics including dynamical systems, differential equations, hydrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, classical and celestial mechanics, geometry, topology, algebraic geometry, symplectic geometry, and singularity theory.[3]
Arnold was born in Odesa, Ukraine. He worked at the Steklov Mathematical Institute in Moscow and later at the Moscow State University.[2] Arnold died in Paris after going there to seek medical treatment.[2]
Awards change
He would have be given the Fields Medal in Mathematics in 1974, but this was opposed by the Soviet government.[2] His other awards include:
- Lenin Prize (1965)
- Crafoord Prize (1982)
- Lobachevsky Prize (1992)
- Harvey Prize (1994)
- World Prize in Mathematics (2001)
- Prize of the American Institute of Physics (2001)
- Wolf Prize (2001)
References change
- ↑ www.ems-ph.org
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Top Russian mathematician Vladimir Arnold dies". physorg.com. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
- ↑ "Arnold biography". www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
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