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Yakov Eliashberg

Russian-American mathematician · Russia · On the map · Academics · Born 1946 · age 79

Yakov Matveevich Eliashberg 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.

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2020Wolf Prize in MathematicsAward2016Crafoord Prize in MathematicsAward2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAwardHeinz Hopf PrizeAward2009Honorary Doctorate at École Normale Supérieure de LyonAward2001Oswald Veblen Prize in GeometryAward1946Born11 December 1946

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Wolf Prize in Mathematics2020
Crafoord Prize in Mathematics2016
Heinz Hopf Prize2013
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society2013
Honorary Doctorate at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon2009
Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry2001
Guggenheim Fellowship
Crafoord Prize

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He was awarded many prizes for his work, including the Wolf Prize in 2020.

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Born 1946 · age 79

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Claire VoisinBoth received Heinz Hopf PrizeLouis NirenbergBoth received Crafoord Prize in MathematicsBarry MazurBoth received Oswald Veblen Prize in GeometryGeorge MostowBoth received Wolf Prize in MathematicsHans LewyBoth received Wolf Prize in MathematicsFernando Codá MarquesBoth received Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry