Sergei Vladimirovich Ivanov (Сергей Владимирович Иванов; born 31 May 1972) is a Russian mathematician.

Education and career

For each of the three years, 1987, 1988, and 1989, Ivanov won a gold medal in the

International Mathematical Olympiad The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is a mathematical olympiad for pre-university students, and is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959. It has since been held annually, except ...

. He studied at the

Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

, where he received his Ph.D. (

Candidate of Sciences Candidate of Sciences (russian: кандидат наук, translit=kandidat nauk) is the first of two doctoral level scientific degrees in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It is formally classified as UNESCO's ISCED level 8, " ...

) with advisor

Yuri Burago Yuri Dmitrievich Burago (russian: Ю́рий Дми́триевич Бура́го) (born 1936) is a Russian mathematician. He works in differential and convex geometry. Education and career Burago studied at Leningrad University, where he o ...

. Ivanov has worked for many years at the

Steklov Institute of Mathematics Steklov Institute of Mathematics or Steklov Mathematical Institute (russian: Математический институт имени В.А.Стеклова) is a premier research institute based in Moscow, specialized in mathematics, and a part ...

. There in 2009 he

habilitated Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including ...

(

Doktor nauk Doctor of Sciences ( rus, доктор наук, p=ˈdoktər nɐˈuk, abbreviated д-р наук or д. н.; uk, доктор наук; bg, доктор на науките; be, доктар навук) is a higher doctoral degree in the Russi ...

). In 2014 he received, jointly with Yuri Burago and

Dmitri Burago Dmitri Yurievich Burago (Дмитрий Юрьевич Бураго, born 1964) is a Russian mathematician, specializing in geometry. He is the son of the professor of mathematics in Leningrad Yuri Dmitrievich Burago, with whom he also published ...

, the

Leroy P. Steele Prize The Leroy P. Steele Prizes are awarded every year by the American Mathematical Society, for distinguished research work and writing in the field of mathematics. Since 1993, there has been a formal division into three categories. The prizes have ...

for their book ''A course in metric geometry'' published by the American Mathematical Society in 2001. In addition to his research on differential geometry, Ivanov also works on informatics. In 2010 in

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

he was an invited speaker with talk ''Volume comparison via boundary distances'' at the

International Congress of Mathematicians The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted by the International Mathematical Union (IMU). The Fields Medals, the Nevanlinna Prize (to be rename ...

. In December 2011 he was elected a corresponding member of the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

Selected publications

References

External links

Homepage at the Steklov Institute

Ivanov, Sergei Vladimirovich; mathnet.ru
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