Gregori Margulis
Gregori Margulis · Science & Medicine
Lie groups and ergodic theory (Fields Medal, Abel Prize)
1946, Moscow, Russia (Soviet Union)
Soviet Union · United States
Gregori Margulis is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Lie groups and ergodic theory (Fields Medal, Abel Prize)
Margulis, a Soviet-born Jewish mathematician, transformed the study of Lie groups, lattices and ergodic theory, notably proving superrigidity and arithmeticity results. Facing antisemitic barriers in the USSR — he was not permitted to travel to collect his 1978 Fields Medal — he later emigrated and settled at Yale. He also won the Wolf Prize (2005) and the Abel Prize (2020).
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Lie groups and ergodic theory (Fields Medal, Abel Prize)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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