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Sergei Petrovich Novikov 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.
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science · Soviet and Russian mathematician (1938–2024) · mathematician · university teacher · also Sergei Novikov, Sergei Novikov (mathematician), Sergei Petrovich Novikov, S. P. Novikov, Novikov
Born 20 March 1938 · Died 6 June 2024 · Q333975
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Died 2024-06-06.
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Won Lomonosov Gold Medal (2020).
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Received the Lomonosov Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Published “<i>Planck</i>2015 results” in Astronomy & Astrophysics — cited 9,892 times.
Published “<i>Planck</i>2013 results. XVI. Cosmological parameters” in Astronomy & Astrophysics — cited 5,044 times.
Won Leonard Euler Gold Medal (2012).
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Won Bogolyubov Gold Medal (2009).
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Awarded Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2005).
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Was awarded the Wolf Prize for his contributions to algebraic topology, differential topology and to mathematical physics
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And remained in that role until 1996, when he moved to the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park
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Novikov was also appointed the head of the Department of Higher Geometry and Topology at Moscow State University
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Was elected a full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Russian Academy of Sciences since 1991)
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Awarded Lobachevsky Prize (1980).
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Became head of the Mathematics Division of the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences
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When the International Mathematical Union met in Moscow
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Won Fields medal (1970).
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Novikov became the first Soviet mathematician to be awarded the Fields Medal
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Awarded Lenin Prize (1967).
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Novikov received the Lenin Prize
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Novikov became a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union
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Defended a dissertation for the Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics degree there
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Received the Moscow Mathematical Society Award for young mathematicians and defended a dissertation for the Candidate of Science in Physics and Mathematics degree (equivalent to the PhD) under Mikhail Postnikov at Mos
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Studied at MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics (1955–1960).
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Born 1938-03-20.
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