Askold Khovanskii
| Askold Khovanskii | |
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| Born | June 3, 1947 Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | Russian, Canadian |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Toronto Independent University of Moscow |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University Steklov Mathematical Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Vladimir Arnold |
| Known for | Fewnomial theory, Bernstein–Khovanskii–Kushnirenko theorem, Newton polyhedra theory, toric varieties, Lawrence–Khovanskii–Pukhlikov theorem |
| Notable awards | Jeffery–Williams Prize (2014) |
Askold Georgievich Khovanskii (Russian: Аскольд Георгиевич Хованский; born 3 June 1947, Moscow) is a Russian and Canadian mathematician currently a professor of mathematics at the University of Toronto, Canada.[1] His areas of research are algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, singularity theory, differential geometry and differential equations. His research is in the development of the theory of toric varieties and Newton polyhedra in algebraic geometry. He is also the inventor of the theory of fewnomials.
He obtained his Ph.D. from Steklov Mathematical Institute in Moscow under the supervision of V. I. Arnold. In his Ph.D. thesis, he developed a topological version of Galois theory. He studies the theory of Newton–Okounkov bodies (or Okounkov bodies for short).
Among his graduate students are O. Gel'fond, F. Borodich, H. Petrov-Tan'kin, K. Kaveh,[2] F. Izadi, I. Soprunov,[3] E. Soprunova,[4] V. Timorin,[5] V. Kirichenko,[6] S. Chulkov, V. Kisunko, O. Ivrii, K. Matveev, Yu. Burda, J. Yang.
In 2014, he received the Jeffery–Williams Prize of the Canadian Mathematical Society for outstanding contributions to mathematical research in Canada.[7]
References
- ↑ Askold Khovanskii's CV
- ↑ Home page of Kiumars Kaveh
- ↑ Home page of Ivan Soprunov
- ↑ Home page of Jenya Soprunova
- ↑ Home page of Vladlen Timorin
- ↑ Home page of Valentina Kiritchenko
- ↑ Canadian Mathematical Society: University of Toronto professor garners prestigious national award, retrieved 2015-04-07.
External links
- Homepage of Askold Khovanskii at the University of Toronto
- Moscow Mathematical Journal volume in honor of Askold Khovanskii (Mosc. Math. J., 7:2 (2007), 169–171)
- Askoldfest
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- Living people
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- Steklov Mathematical Institute alumni
- University of Toronto faculty
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- Russian people of Lithuanian descent
- Algebraic geometers
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