Igor Krichever
Igor Krichever · Science & Medicine
Integrable systems and algebraic geometry
1950, Kuybyshev (now Samara), Soviet Union — 2022, New York City, United States
Soviet Union · Russia · United States
Igor Krichever is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Integrable systems and algebraic geometry
Krichever was a leading mathematician and mathematical physicist working at the intersection of integrable systems and algebraic geometry, whose 'Krichever construction' linked soliton equations to algebraic curves and theta functions. He taught at Columbia University and Moscow's Skoltech. He was of Jewish origin, born in Soviet Kuybyshev.
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Integrable systems and algebraic geometry
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