# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yakov-sinai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:51:29.328Z

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name: "Yakov Sinai"
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description: "Yakov Grigorevich Sinai is a Russian–American mathematician known for his work on dynamical systems. He contributed to the modern metric theory of dynamical systems and connected the world of deterministic (dynamical) systems with the world of probabilistic (stochastic) systems. He has also worked on mathematical physics and probability theory. His efforts have provided the groundwork for advances in the physical sciences."
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birthDate: "1935-09-21"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump