Alexander Gennadyevich Kuznetsov (russian: Александр Геннадьевич Кузнецов, born November 1, 1973) is a
Russian mathematician
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working at the
Steklov Mathematical Institute and the
Interdisciplinary Scientific Center J.-V. Poncelet
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, Moscow, and head of the
Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry and its Applications of
the Higher School of Economics. He graduated from
Moscow State School 57 in 1990. He received a
Ph.D. in 1998 under the supervision of . Kuznetsov is known for his research in
algebraic geometry, mostly concerning
derived categories
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of
coherent sheaves
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and their
semiorthogonal decompositions.
Kuznetsov received an
August Möbius fellowship
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in 1997. He was awarded a
European Mathematical Society
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prize in 2008. He was an invited speaker at the
International Mathematical Congress
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The Fields Medals, the Nevanlinna Prize (to be rename ...
in Seoul (2014).
Kuznetsov is a
Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Professor of the RAS, or RAS Professor; russian: Профе́ссор Росси́йской акаде́мии нау́к – Proféssor Rossíiskoj akadémii naúk) is an academic rank introduced in ...
(RAS),
corresponding member of the RAS (elected in 2016).
Selected publications
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References
External links
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Russian mathematicians
Moscow State University alumni
1973 births
Living people
Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Academic staff of the Higher School of Economics