Alexander A. Voronov () (born November 25, 1962) is a

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specializing in

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, and

algebraic geometry Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which uses abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, to solve geometry, geometrical problems. Classically, it studies zero of a function, zeros of multivariate polynomials; th ...

. He is currently a Professor of Mathematics at the

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and a Visiting Senior Scientist at the

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Biography

Voronov graduated from Moscow State School 57 in 1980. He received an M.S. in Mathematics in 1985 and a Ph.D. in Mathematics at

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in 1988 under

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. Alexander Voronov is known for his work on the super Mumford isomorphism (see Mumford measure), semi-infinite cohomology, operads in quantum field theory (see Swiss-cheese operad),

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's and Kontsevich's conjectures on Hochschild cohomology, cohomology of vertex operator algebras, and string topology (see cactus operad). He is a Fellow of the

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, an AMS Centennial Fellow,, a

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Fellow, and a 2010

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(JSPS) Research Fellow.

Selected publications

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References

External links

Alexander Voronov's University of Minnesota web page
Living people University of Minnesota faculty Michigan State University faculty Mathematicians from Moscow 21st-century American mathematicians 20th-century American mathematicians Russian emigrants to the United States Moscow State University alumni Fellows of the American Mathematical Society 1962 births {{Russia-scientist-stub