Anatoly Vershik#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 4032 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | MATHEMATICS |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | RUSSIA |
Anatoly Vershik passed away February 14, 2024.
Positions Held
- 1992 St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics, Head of Laboratory of Representation Theory and Dynamical Systems (formerly Laboratory of Representation Theory and Computational Mathematics)
- 1985 Leningrad/St. Petersburg State University, Full Professor
- 1966 - 1985 Leningrad State University, Associate Professor
- 1962 - 1966 Leningrad State University, Assistant Professor
- 1958 - 1961 Leningrad State University, Ph.D. student
- 1956 - 1958 Navy Computer Center, Researcher
Fields of Scholarship
- Representation theory and its applications, asymptotic representation theory, infinite-dimensional groups, C*-algebras
- Combinatorics, symmetric groups, approximations in algebra
- Functional Analysis, Ergodic theory, Representation theory, Dynamical systems, Optimization, Stochastic processes
- Convex geometry, discrete geometry, subriemannian geometry
- Linear and nonlinear programming, optimization
- Measure theory, statistics and asymptotics in combinatorics
Honours and Awards
- 2008 Humboldt Research Award
- 2010 Chebyshev prize, St.Petersburg
- 2014 Dynasty Foundation Award "Life in mathematics"
