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Maxim Kontsevich
Maxim Lvovich Kontsevich is a Russian and French mathematician and mathematical physicist. He is a professor at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques and a distinguished professor at the University of Miami. He received the Henri Poincaré Prize in 1997, the Fields Medal in 1998, the Crafoord Prize in 2008, the Shaw Prize and Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2012, and the Breakth…
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Born 25 August 1964 · Q369588
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2015· 1 entry
Was awarded Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2014).
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2012· 3 entries
scmp.com: Shaw laureate Maxim Kontsevich's work recognised at award ceremony
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Awarded Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012).
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Awarded The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences (2012).
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Crafoord Prize in Mathematics (2008).
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1998· 2 entries
Won Fields medal (1998).
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Won the Fields Medal "for his contributions to algebraic geometry, topology, and mathematical physics, including the proof of Witten's conjecture of intersection numbers in moduli spaces of stable curves, construction
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Henri Poincaré Prize (1997).
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The Fields Medal in 1998, the Crafoord Prize in 2008, the Shaw Prize and Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2012, and the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics in 2015
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1992· 1 entry
Kontsevich was appointed to a full professorship in mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, before moving in 1995 to France, where he joined the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in Bures-sur-Yvette
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1985· 1 entry
To become a researcher at the Institute for Information Transmission Problems in Moscow
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1980· 1 entry
Career landmark: Participated in Soviet Student Olympiads (tournament / event).
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1964· 1 entry
Born 1964-08-25.
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