Israel Michael Sigal (born 31 August 1945 in

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) is a

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specializing in

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. He is a professor at the University of Toronto Department of Mathematics. He was an invited speaker at

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, Kyoto—1990 and in International Congress on Mathematical Physics, Lausanne—1979, W. Berlin—1981, Marseille—1986.

Education

Born in

, 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 Quantum information is the information of the state of a quantum system. It is the basic entity of study in quantum information theory, and can be manipulated using quantum information processing techniques. Quantum information refers to both t ...

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 John L. Synge Award is an award by the Royal Society of Canada for outstanding research in any branch of the mathematical sciences. It was created in 1986 and is given at irregular intervals. The award is named in honor of John Lighton Synge. Win ...

, 1993. *

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Canada judges to have "made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life" ...

, 1993. *

University Professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a 'person who professes'. Professors ...

, 1997. * Norman Stuart Robertson Chair in Applied Mathematics, 1998. *

CRM-Fields-PIMS prize The CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize is the premier Canadian research prize in the mathematical sciences. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional research achievement in the mathematical sciences and is given annually by three Canadian mathematics institu ...

, 2000. * Fellow of the

American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...

, 2012.List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
retrieved 2013-07-20.

Selected works

* * * * *with Peter D. Hislop: *with F. Ting: *with Stephen J. Gustafson:

References

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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 {{Mathematician-stub