Israel Michael Sigal (born 31 August 1945 in
Kiev
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,
Ukrainian SSR
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) is a
Canadian
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mathematician
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specializing in
mathematical physics
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.
He is a professor at the
University of Toronto Department of Mathematics.
He was an invited speaker at
International Congress of Mathematicians
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The Fields Medals, the IMU Abacus Medal (known before ...
, Kyoto—1990 and in
International Congress on Mathematical Physics, Lausanne—1979, W. Berlin—1981, Marseille—1986.
Education
Born in
Kiev
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,
Ukrainian SSR
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,
Sigal obtained his bachelor's degree at Gorky University and his Ph.D. at Tel-Aviv University
Research interests
Partial differential equation of quantum physics, Quantum mechanics and
quantum information
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theory, Quantum field theory, Statistical mechanics, Non-linear equations, Mathematical biology, Pattern recognition
Awards
* The Jeffrey-Williams Lectureship, CMS Summer Meeting, 1992.
* John L. Synge Award, 1993.
* Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 1993.
* University Professor, 1997.
* Norman Stuart Robertson Chair in Applied Mathematics, 1998.
* CRM-Fields-PIMS prize, 2000.
* Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2012.
List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
retrieved 2013-07-20.
Selected works
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*with Peter D. Hislop:
*with F. Ting:
*with Stephen J. Gustafson:
References
External links
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Living people
Canadian mathematicians
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
Scientists from Kyiv
Academic staff of the University of Toronto
Ukrainian emigrants to Canada
1945 births
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