Boris Zilber

Boris Zilber
Boris Zilber in Oberwolfach 2010
Born 1949 (age 68–69)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Residence United Kingdom
Alma mater Novosibirsk State University
Saint Petersburg State University
Awards Senior Berwick Prize (2004)
Pólya Prize (2015)
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics, Model theory
Institutions University of Oxford
Doctoral advisor Mikhail Taitslin

Boris Zilber (Russian: Борис Иосифович Зильбер, born 1949) is a Soviet-British mathematician who works in mathematical logic (specifically model theory). He is a professor of mathematical logic at the University of Oxford.

He obtained his doctorate (Candidate of Sciences) from the Novosibirsk State University in 1975 under the supervision of Mikhail Taitslin[1] and his habilitation (Doctor of Sciences) from the Saint Petersburg State University in 1986.[2]

He received the Senior Berwick Prize (2004) and the Pólya Prize (2015) from the London Mathematical Society.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Boris Zil'ber at Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ↑ Prof. Zilber's page at the University of Oxford
  3. ↑ List of LMS prize winners


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