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Alexander Givental

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Alexander Givental · Science & Medicine

What

Symplectic geometry and mirror symmetry

When

1958, Soviet Union (Russia)

Where

Russia · United States

Biography

Alexander Givental is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Symplectic geometry and mirror symmetry

How & why

Alexander Givental is a Russian-American mathematician at UC Berkeley known for landmark work in symplectic geometry and mirror symmetry, including his proof of the mirror conjecture for a broad class of manifolds — a bridge between geometry and mathematical physics. He is Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Symplectic geometry and mirror symmetry

1958

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics