Sergei Novikov (mathematician)

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Sergei Petrovich Novikov
Born	(1938-03-20) 20 March 1938 (age 86) Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Known for	Adams–Novikov spectral sequence Krichever–Novikov algebras Morse–Novikov theory Novikov conjecture Novikov ring Novikov–Shubin invariant Novikov–Veselov equation Novikov's compact leaf theorem Wess–Zumino–Novikov–Witten model
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 Independent University of Moscow Steklov Institute of Mathematics University of Maryland
Doctoral advisor	Mikhail Postnikov
Doctoral students	Victor Buchstaber Boris Dubrovin Sabir Gusein-Zade Gennadi Kasparov [de] Alexandr Mishchenko Iskander Taimanov Anton Zorich Fedor Bogomolov

Sergei Petrovich Novikov (also Serguei) (Russian: Серге́й Петро́вич Но́виков; born 20 March 1938) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician, noted for work in both algebraic topology and soliton theory. In 1970, he won the Fields Medal.