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Anatoliy Vershik

Who

Anatoliy Vershik · Science & Medicine

What

Representation theory, dynamics, and asymptotic combinatorics

When

1933, Leningrad, USSR — 2024, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Where

Russia

Biography

Anatoliy Vershik is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Representation theory, dynamics, and asymptotic combinatorics

How & why

Anatoly Vershik was a Russian mathematician known for work in representation theory, dynamical systems and asymptotic combinatorics, especially his theory (with Sergei Kerov) of representations of the infinite symmetric group and its link to the longest-increasing-subsequence problem. He was a central figure of the Leningrad mathematical school. He was of Jewish origin.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

Contributions & Sources

Representation theory, dynamics, and asymptotic combinatorics

1933

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics