Askold Khovanskii

Askold Khovanskii
Born (1947-06-03) June 3, 1947
Moscow, Russia
Nationality Russian, Canadian
Alma mater Moscow State University
Steklov Mathematical Institute
Known for Fewnomial theory, Bernstein–Khovanskii–Kushnirenko theorem, Newton polyhedra theory, toric varieties, Lawrence–Khovanskii–Pukhlikov theorem, topological Galois theory
Awards Jeffery–Williams Prize (2014)
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions University of Toronto
Independent University of Moscow
Doctoral advisor Vladimir Arnold

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 Vladimir 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 Olga Gel'fond, Feodor Borodich, H. Petrov-Tan'kin, Kiumars Kaveh,[2] Farzali Izadi, Ivan Soprunov,[3] Jenya Soprunova,[4] Vladlen Timorin,[5] Valentina Kirichenko,[6] Sergey Chulkov, V. Kisunko, Mikhail Mazin [7] O. Ivrii, K. Matveev, Yuri Burda, and J. Yang.

In 2014, he received the Jeffery–Williams Prize of the Canadian Mathematical Society for outstanding contributions to mathematical research in Canada.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Askold Khovanskii's CV
  2. ↑ Home page of Kiumars Kaveh
  3. ↑ Home page of Ivan Soprunov
  4. ↑ Home page of Jenya Soprunova
  5. ↑ Home page of Vladlen Timorin
  6. ↑ Home page of Valentina Kiritchenko
  7. ↑ Home page of Mikhail Mazin
  8. ↑ Canadian Mathematical Society: University of Toronto professor garners prestigious national award, retrieved 2015-04-07.
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