Vladimir Drinfeld
Vladimir Drinfeld · Science & Medicine
Introduced quantum groups; geometric Langlands (Fields Medal)
1954, Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Soviet Union / Ukraine · United States
Vladimir Drinfeld is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Introduced quantum groups; geometric Langlands (Fields Medal)
A child prodigy from a Jewish family in Kharkiv, Drinfeld introduced quantum groups and contributed foundational ideas to the geometric Langlands program while still young. His achievements earned him the Fields Medal in 1990; he has since worked at the University of Chicago. He is Jewish.
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Introduced quantum groups; geometric Langlands (Fields Medal)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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