Askold Georgievich Khovanskii (russian: Аскольд Георгиевич Хованский; born 3 June 1947, Moscow) is a Russian and

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currently a professor of mathematics at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

, Canada. His areas of research are

algebraic geometry Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics, classically studying zeros of multivariate polynomials. Modern algebraic geometry is based on the use of abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, for solving geometrical ...

commutative algebra Commutative algebra, first known as ideal theory, is the branch of algebra that studies commutative rings, their ideals, and modules over such rings. Both algebraic geometry and algebraic number theory build on commutative algebra. Prom ...

singularity theory In mathematics, singularity theory studies spaces that are almost manifolds, but not quite. A string can serve as an example of a one-dimensional manifold, if one neglects its thickness. A singularity can be made by balling it up, dropping it ...

differential geometry Differential geometry is a mathematical discipline that studies the geometry of smooth shapes and smooth spaces, otherwise known as smooth manifolds. It uses the techniques of differential calculus, integral calculus, linear algebra and mult ...

and

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s. His research is in the development of the theory of

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and Newton polyhedra in algebraic geometry. He is also the inventor of the theory of fewnomials. He obtained his Ph.D. from Steklov Mathematical Institute in Moscow under the supervision of Vladimir Arnold. In his Ph.D. thesis, he developed a topological version of

Galois theory In mathematics, Galois theory, originally introduced by Évariste Galois, provides a connection between field theory and group theory. This connection, the fundamental theorem of Galois theory, allows reducing certain problems in field theory to ...

. He studies the theory of Newton–Okounkov bodies, or Okounkov bodies for short. Among his graduate students are Olga Gel'fond, Feodor Borodich, H. Petrov-Tan'kin, Kiumars Kaveh, Farzali Izadi, Ivan Soprunov, Jenya Soprunova, Vladlen Timorin, Valentina Kirichenko, Sergey Chulkov, V. Kisunko, Mikhail Mazin, O. Ivrii, K. Matveev, Yuri Burda, and J. Yang. In 2014, he received the

Jeffery–Williams Prize The Jeffery–Williams Prize is a mathematics award presented annually by the Canadian Mathematical Society. The award is presented to individuals in recognition of outstanding contributions to mathematical research. The first award was present ...

of the

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for outstanding contributions to mathematical research in Canada.Canadian Mathematical Society: University of Toronto professor garners prestigious national award
retrieved 2015-04-07.

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Homepage of Askold Khovanskii at the University of Toronto
* ttp://bogomolov-lab.ru/AG2012/Askoldfest2012.htm Askoldfest {{DEFAULTSORT:Khovanskii, Askold 1947 births Living people Russian mathematicians Canadian mathematicians Moscow State University alumni Steklov Institute of Mathematics alumni Independent University of Moscow faculty University of Toronto faculty Geometers Russian people of Lithuanian descent Algebraic geometers Soviet mathematicians