Sergei Novikov (mathematician)

Sergei Novikov
Sergei Novikov
Сергей Новиков
	Novikov in 1967
Born	20 March 1938; Gorky, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	6 June 2024 (aged 86)
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Known for	Adams–Novikov spectral sequence; Novikov conjecture; Novikov ring; Novikov–Shubin invariant; Novikov–Veselov equation; Novikov's compact leaf theorem; Wess–Zumino–Novikov–Witten model
Parents	Pyotr Novikov (father); Lyudmila Keldysh (mother);
Relatives	Mstislav Keldysh (uncle); Leonid Keldysh (step-brother)
Awards	Lenin Prize (1967); Fields Medal (1970); Lobachevsky Medal (1981); Wolf Prize (2005); Lomonosov Gold Medal (2020)
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Moscow State University; Steklov Institute of Mathematics; University of Maryland
Doctoral advisor	Mikhail Postnikov
Doctoral students	Fedor Bogomolov; Victor Buchstaber; Boris Dubrovin; Sabir Gusein-Zade; Gennadi Kasparov; Alexandr Mishchenko; Iskander Taimanov; Anton Zorich

Sergei Petrovich Novikov^[a] (Russian: Серге́й Петро́вич Но́виков [sʲɪrˈɡʲej pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈnovʲɪkəf]; 20 March 1938 – 6 June 2024) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, noted for work in both algebraic topology and soliton theory. He became the first Soviet mathematician to receive the Fields Medal in 1970.

^ "Serguei Novikov". University of Maryland, College Park. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.

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[1] "Serguei Novikov". University of Maryland, College Park. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.

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