Vadim Knizhnik
Vadim Knizhnik · Science & Medicine
Physicist; the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations in conformal field theory
1962, Soviet Union — 1987, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Vadim Knizhnik is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations in conformal field theory
Vadim Knizhnik was a Soviet theoretical physicist who, with Alexander Zamolodchikov, derived the Knizhnik–Zamolodchikov equations governing correlation functions in two-dimensional conformal field theory, a cornerstone of string theory and mathematical physics. He died at 25, drowning while still in his early career. He is documented among Jewish physicists.
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Physicist; the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations in conformal field theory
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