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Alex Eskin

Who

Alex Eskin · Science & Medicine

What

Dynamics on homogeneous spaces; the 'magic wand' theorem

When

1965, Moscow, Soviet Union (present-day Russia)

Where

Soviet Union · Chicago

Biography

Alex Eskin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Dynamics on homogeneous spaces; the 'magic wand' theorem

How & why

Alex Eskin is an American mathematician at the University of Chicago celebrated for revolutionary work on the dynamics and geometry of moduli spaces, including the 'magic wand theorem' proved with Maryam Mirzakhani. For these discoveries he was awarded the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics. Born in the Soviet Union to a Jewish family that emigrated, he is Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

Contributions & Sources

Dynamics on homogeneous spaces; the 'magic wand' theorem

1965

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics