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Andrei Zelevinsky
Andrei Zelevinsky
(picture from Wikimedia Commons)
Born(1953-01-30)January 30, 1953
Died(2013-04-10)April 10, 2013
NationalityUSSR, USA
Alma materMoscow State University
Known forBernstein-Zelevinsky classification, Cluster algebras
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsNortheastern University
Doctoral advisorsIsrail Gelfand, Alexandre Kirillov
Doctoral studentsArkady Berenstein
Oleg Gleizer
Giovanni Cerulli Irelli
Daniel Labardini-Fragoso
Sachin Gautam
Joshua Scott
Salvatore Stella

Andrei Vladlenovich Zelevinsky (Russian: Андрей Владленович Зелевинский; * 30 January 1953, † 10 April 2013[1]) was a Russian-American mathematician, whose main contributions belong to the fields of algebra, combinatorics, and representation theory.

Biography

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In 1969, Zelevinsky graduated from the Moscow Mathematical School No. 2[2], and as the member of the USSR team at the International Mathematical Olympiad, where he won a silver medal[3], was admitted without examinations to the mathematics department of the Moscow State University. He studied under the mentorship of Joseph Bernstein, Alexandre Kirillov and Israel Gelfand, and obtained his PhD degree in 1978.[4] He worked [5] in the mathematical laboratory of Vladimir Keilis-Borok at the Institute of Earth Science (1977-85), and at the Council for Cybernetics of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1985-90). In the early 80ies, at a great personal risk, he taught at Jewish Peoples' University,[6] an unofficial formation where young talented Moscow students denied admission to the math department of the Moscow State University, could receive comparable math education. In 1990-91, Zelevinsky was a visiting professor at Cornell University, and since 1991 and until his unexpected death taught at Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

Research

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Zelevinsky's contributions include:

Recognition

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  • Humboldt Research Award (2004)[9]
  • Fellow (2012) of the American Mathematical Society[10]
  • University Distinguished Professorship (2013) at Northeastern University[11]

References

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  1. ^ News on website for the commutative algebra community
  2. ^ [http://wikimapia.org/55217/|Medal-winning graduates of the Moscow Mathematical School No. 2
  3. ^ IMO Results
  4. ^ A. Zelevinsky at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ^ A. Zelevinsky's cv
  6. ^ You failed your math test, comrade Einstein
  7. ^ Gelfand, I. M. (1994). Discriminants, resultants, and multidimensional determinants. Boston: Birkhäuser. ISBN 0-8176-3660-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Section "Combinatorics" at ICM'98
  9. ^ Humboldt Research Award
  10. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
  11. ^ Northeastern University, Academic Honors Convocation
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Category:American mathematicians Category:Russian mathematicians Category:Northeastern University faculty Category:Fellows of the American Mathematical Society