Yakov Eliashberg
Yakov Eliashberg | |
|---|---|
Eliashberg in 2016. | |
| Born | 11 December 1946 Leningrad, USSR |
| Alma mater | St. Petersburg State University |
| Known for | Homotopy principle Symplectic rigidity Eliashberg–Gromov theorem |
| Awards | Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry (2001) Heinz Hopf Prize (2013) Crafoord Prize (2016) Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2020) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2023) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Thesis | Surgery of Singularities of Smooth Mappings (1972) |
Doctoral advisor | Vladimir Rokhlin |
Doctoral students |
|
| Website | mathematics |
Yakov Matveevich Eliashberg (also Yasha Eliashberg; Russian: Яков Матвеевич Элиашберг; born 11 December 1946) is an American mathematician who was born in Leningrad, USSR. He is the Herald L. and Caroline L. Ritch Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University. His research interests are differential topology, symplectic topology, and contact topology. He was awarded many prizes for his work, including the Wolf Prize in 2020 (shared with Simon Donaldson).